John SLIGHT

Regimental number10675
OccupationBookbinder
Next of kinSister, Miss Jessie Slight, 18 Waverley Street, South Dunedin
Rank on embarkationGunner
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 12th Reinforcements (2nd Draft), New Zealand Field Artillery, Divisional Ammunition Column
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 6 May 1916
Medals

Meritorious Service Medal

'On the 4th October, 1917, when this battery was under heavy shell fire, all the gunners in this man's subsection were casualties. He carried on with the barrage until another man from another detachment could be spared to assist him. He kept cool throughout, and continued firing in the barrage as though nothing extraordinary had happened.'
Source: London Gazette
Date: 17 June 1918

Family/military connectionsBrother: 2/2722 Bombardier Frank SLIGHT, New Zealand Field Artillery, killed in action, 6 April 1918.
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 31, p. 12