John Henry SIBELIN

Regimental number37723
Date of birth15 May 1877
Place of birthHyde, England
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationMiner
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 9.5"
Next of kinBrother, Frank Sibelin, 1 Carlton Street, North East Valley, Dunedin
Enlistment date10 April 1917
Rank on embarkationSapper
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, 5th Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 84 Turakina on 26 April 1917
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 17 May 1919
Discharge date28 April 1920
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 26 April 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 20 July 1917, and marched into NZ Engineers, Christchurch.

Transferred from Tunnelling Company to NZ Engineers, 3 August 1917.

Admitted to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 22 August 1917 (deafness); discharged to Christchurch Depot, 31 August 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 28 December 1917; posted to 4th Field Company Engineers, in the field, 17 January 1918.

Posted to 3rd NZ Entrenching Bn, 27 March 1918.

Transferred to 5th Field Company Engineers, 15 June 1918.

Admitted to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 8 January 1919 (influenza: slight); transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 21 January 1919.

Admitted to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 1 February 1919 (neuritis); transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 4 February 1919.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board HMNZT 'Maunganui', 17 May 1919; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of illness contracted on Active Service: debility following bronchitis), 28 April 1920.

War service: 3 years 19 days (of which 2 years 59 days were abroad)

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death9 December 1944 Dunedin
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 62, p. 40
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 7815585