John VANCE

Regimental number13/2941
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales, Australia
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationTimber worker
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 5.5"
Weight133 lbs
Next of kinAunt, Mrs Mary Doyle, Thompson Street, Marrickville, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Auckland Mounted Rifles, A Squadron
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 37 Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Discharge date21 July 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked, 8 January 1916; disembarked Suez, 12 February 1916.

Transferred from Auckland Mounted Rifles to 8 Battery, 1st Brigade, NZ Divisional Artillery, 15 March 1916.

Embarked Suez, for France, 6 April 1916.

Posted to 1 Battery, 1st Brigade, NZ Divisional Artillery, 22 January 1917.

On leave to United Kingdom, 18 July 1917; rejoined 1 Battery, 31 July 1917.

Found guilty, 16 January 1918, of when on Active Service trespassing on the railway line contrary to divisional routine order: awarded 14 days' Field Punishment No 2.

Found guilty, 27 July 1918, of failing to salute an officer: awarded 3 days' Field Punishment No 2.

Admitted to hospital, 7 July 1918; rejoined unit, 18 July 1918.

On leave to United Kingdom, 23 August 1918; rejoined unit, 9 September 1918.

Admitted to Field Ambulance, 22 October 1918 (venereal disease); transferred to No 3 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, 24 October 1918; admitted to 51st General Hospital, Etaples, 25 October 1918; discharged to NZ Base Depot, Etaples, 18 December 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand from London on board 'Waimana', 20 May 1919; disembarked Auckland, 23 June 1919; discharged 21 July 1919.

Total war service: 3 years 283 days (of which 3 years 167 days were abroad).

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 4
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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