James Arthur JUNO

Regimental number10/2194
Date of birth16 August 1891
Place of birthMasterton
ReligionWesleyan
OccupationFarm hand
AddressMangahao
Marital statusSingle
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinFather, P F Juno, Masterton
Previous military serviceServed for 5 years in the Cadets.
Enlistment date15 February 1915
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Maunganui on 13 June 1915
Discharge date12 December 1918
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 10/235 Corporal George JUNO, Wellington Infantry Bn, killed in action, 8 August 1915; 27908 Pte William Henry Phillip JUNO, 1st Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, killed in action, 30 March 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Joined Bn, Gallipoli, 11 August 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 29 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

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

On leave to United Kingdom, 4 December 1917.

Admitted to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames while on leave, 24 December 1917 varicocele and scabies); discharged, 12 February 1917.

Admitted to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 18 February 1918; transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 14 March 1918.

Attached on strength to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 30 March 1918.

Admitted to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, while on leave (gastritis); dscharged, 6 May 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board SS 'Mokoia', 30 May 1918; discharged, 12 December 1918.

War service: 3 years 172 days (of which 3 years 34 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Fifth
Date of death14 June 1954 Featherston
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 188, File 18055131

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