John McMURTRIE

Regimental number13/2354
AddressTable Flat Apiti via Feilding
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, A McMurtrie, Table Flat Apiti via Feilding
Place of enlistmentFeilding
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, Auckland Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 10 October 1915
The Mounted Rifles component of the 7th Reinforcements left New Zealand on 10 October 1915 on board two ships, 'Aparima' and 'Navua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
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Admitted to NZ General Hospital, 14 December 1915 (paratyphoid: malaria contracted in Jordan Valley); discharged after 7 weeks to Aotea Convalescent Hospital (3 weeks).

Discharged from NZEF, May 1916; re-enlisted in NZEF, December 1917.

Note: file is devoid of all usual details re enlitment, birth, height, weight, religion etc.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Mounted Rifles/Seventh
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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