Trooper

John Thomas Rainham

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Husband of Mary Rainham, of Featherston, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

There are no public contributions written for this casualty

Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
9/747
Name:
John Thomas Rainham
Rank: 
Trooper
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs J.E. Rainham, 25 Hawthorne Avenue, Mornington, Dunedin, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
25 Hawthorne Avenue, Mornington, Dunedin, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, Otago Mounted Rifles

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
27 August 1915
Day of Death:
Friday
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
2nd Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
14 December 1914
Transport:

HMNZT 13
HMNZT 14
HMNZT 15
Vessel:
Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Cemetery Reference: 
Sp. Mem. 19.
Cemetery Location: 
Turkey
John Thomas Rainham
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