John McINTOSH

Regimental number23/511
Date of birth17 December 1887
Place of birthDunedin
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressEpsilon Street, Roslyn, Dunedin
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27.5
Height5' 9.75"
Weight148 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs M McIntosh, Epsilon Street, Roslyn, Dunedin
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date29 May 1915
Place of enlistmentInvercargill
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 10 October 1915
Final rankRifleman
Final unitB Company, 1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialNo known grave
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mary McIntosh, 32 Brown Street, Dunedin, and the late James McIntosh
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 10 October 1915; disembarked Suez, 19 December 1915.

Embarked Alexandria for Matruh, 19 December 1915; disembarked Alexandria from Matruh, 18 February 1916.

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

Found guilty, 12 May 1916, of being absent without leave: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2.

Tried by Field General Court Martial, 23 August 1916: found guilty of being absent without leave, 10 am, 7 August, to 11 am, 11 August 1916: awarded 6 months' imprisonment with hard labour, and forfeited 5 days' pay under Royal Warrant; sentence suspended, 5 September 1916.

Found guilty, 5 December 1916, of being absent without leave from 8.30 pm, 24 November 1916, to 8.30 pm, 29 November 1916, and drunkenness: awarded 28 days' Field Punishment No 2, and forfeited 5 days' pay under Royal Warrant.

Rejoined unit from detention, 1 January 1917.

Found guilty, 8 April 1917, of being absebt without leave from Roll Call, 8.30 pm, 4 April, to 9.45 am, 7 April 1917: awarded 28 days' Field Punishment No 2, and forfeited 4 days' pay under Royal Warrant.

Admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 11 May 1917 (pyrexia, unknown origin); transferred to No 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 16 May 1917 (trench fever); to No 8 Stationary Hospital, 19 May 1917; to No 1 Convalescent Depot, 30 May 1917.

Found guilty, No 3 Rest Camp, 10 June 1917, of being absent without leave from 9 pm, 6 June, to 3.40 pm, 8 June 1917, and drunkenness: awarded 21 days' Field Punishment No 2, and forfeited 3 days' pay under Royal Warrant.

Marched into Base Depot, Etaples, 21 July 1917; rejoined unit, in the field, 28 August 1917.

Reported missing, 12 October 1917.

Court of Enquiry, 28 November 1917 concluded: 'Missing, believed killed in action, 12 October 1917.'

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: B Company/1st NZRB
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 10926436

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