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Full Name
Corporal John Archibald Wiseman
Rank Last Held
Corporal
Forename(s)
John Archibald
Surname
Wiseman
War
World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.
23085
First Known Rank
Rifleman
Occupation before Enlistment
School teacher
Next of Kin
Mrs C. Wiseman (mother), Miller's Road, Dannevirke, New Zealand
Body on Embarkation
New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Embarkation Unit
4th Reinforcements 3rd Battalion, G Company
Embarkation Date
27 May 1916
Place of Embarkation
Wellington, New Zealand
Transport
Vessel
Willochra or Tofua
Destination
Plymouth or Devonport, England
Nominal Roll Number
33
Page on Nominal Roll
34
Last Unit Served
New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Place of Death
Bapaume, France
Date of Death
Monday 26 August 1918
Age at Death
24
Year of Death
1918
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Cemetery Name
Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas-de-Calais, France
Grave Reference
III.D.25
Biographical Notes
John Wiseman was the son of John and Kate Wiseman of Powelltown, Yarra Junction, Victoria, Australia.
Description of Image
Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918
Further References
Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option.
Sources Used
Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1917