John Thomas RAINHAM

Regimental number9/747
Date of birth24 January 1871
Place of birthSerpentine, Central Otago
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address25 Hawthorne Avenue, Mornington, Dunedin
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation40
Height5' 8.5"
Weight170 lbs
Next of kinMrs J E Rainham, 25 Hawthorne Avenue, Mornington, Dunedin
Previous military serviceServed for 3.5 years in the Dunedin City Guards; unit disbanded.
Enlistment date20 October 1914
Place of enlistmentDunedin
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment, 2nd Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 14 December 1914
Members of the 2nd Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment, departed on board three ships: HMNZT 13 'Verdala', HMNZT 14 'Willochra', and HMNZT 15 'Knight of the Garter'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankTrooper
Final unitOtago Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateKilled in Action 27 August 1915
Place of burialHill 60 Cemetery (Special Memorial 19), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Wife: Mary Rainham, Featherston
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Egypt for Gallipoli, 20 May 1915.

Admitted to NZ Field Ambulance, Anzac, 29 June 1915 (influenza), and transferred to Fleet Sweeper; disembarked Mata, 9 July 1915, and admitted to Valetta Hospital; transferred to All Saints Camp, 27 July 1915.

Wounded in action, Gallipoli, 27 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Zeitoun, 14 January 1916, concluded 'Missing, believed to be killed, on or about 27 august 1915'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Second
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 20803906