John Vickers TYSON

Regimental number13/2381
AddressTaupiri
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, W Tyson, Kentmere, Westmorland, England
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.
Final rankGunner
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of wounds 12 November 1890
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot XXIX, Row E, Grave No 10), Etaples, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Margaret and the late William Tyson, Windermere, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Mounted Rifles/Seventh

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