John Tod McGOUN

Regimental number8/966
AddressAndersons Bay, Dunedin
Marital statusMarried
Next of kinWife, Mrs Alice May McGoun, Dunedin
Rank on embarkationQuartermaster Sergeant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Members of the Otago Infantry Battalion, Main Body, left Wellington on 16 October 1914 on two ships, HMNZT 9 'Hawke's Bay' and HMNZT 5 'Ruapehu'. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankCompany Quartermaster Sergeant
Final unitOtago Infantry Battalion
FateDied of wounds 7 August 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel 14), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Father: the late General McGoun, England; Wife: Alice May McGoun, Cranstons Street, Anderson's Bay, Dunedin
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Main Body

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