Graham JOHNS

Regimental number23/1082
Date of birth24 December 1888
Place of birthWaimate
ReligionChurch of Christ
OccupationPlumber
AddressBeach Road, Ashburton
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 5"
Weight129 lbs
Next of kinFather, Frederick Johns, 54 Beach Road, Ashburton
Enlistment date30 May 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Maunganui on 10 October 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNo 3 Company, New Zealand Machine Gun Corps
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 14 July 1917
Discharge date22 November 1917
Other details

War service: embarked Wellington, 10 October 1915; disembarked Egypt, 15 November 1915.

Embarked for Mersa Matruh, 25 December 1915; disembarked Alexandria, 15 February 1916.

Transferred to No 3 Machine Gun Company, 1 March 1916.

Embarked to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 6 April 1916.

Admitted to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, 18 August 1916 (gastric ulcer); transferred to Northumbrian Casualty Clearing Station, 19 August 1916; to No 3 Canadian General Hospital, Boulogne, 20 August 1916; to England, 25 August 1916, and admitted same day to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames; transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 19 September 1916; discharged to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 3 November 1916.

Admitted to No 4 Southern General Hospital, Salisbury Road Section, 17 November 1916 (neurasthenia).

Classified 'unfit' and placed on NZ Roll, 9 June 1917.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Avonmouth on board HMNZT 'Marama', 14 July 1917; discharged, 22 November 1917.

Total war service: 2 years 177 days (of which 1 year 321 days was abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: D Company/1st NZRB
Date of death24 April 1966 Mangere
Age at death77
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805