LCpl. John Henry Swinton

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LCpl. John Henry Swinton

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Raukokore, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand
Death: August 08, 1915 (30)
Gelibolu, Gelibolu İlçesi, Çanakkale, Türkiye (Turkey) (World War I: Killed in Action.)
Place of Burial: [Grave 6.], Eceabat İlçesi, Çanakkale, Çanakkale
Immediate Family:

Son of William Mitchell Swinton and Herewaka Te Rangipaea Swinton
Husband of Wikitoria Tangira
Father of Miriama Pahuru
Brother of Mary Mitchell Swinton; James Solomon Swinton; William Jeremiah Swinton; Catherine Paretio Allen; Allan Chisholm Swinton and 7 others

Occupation: Auckland Mounted Rifles.
Find A Grave ID: 56477010
Service No: WWI 13/571
Managed by: Jason Scott Wills
Last Updated:

About LCpl. John Henry Swinton

SWINTON.— In remembranco of Larice-Corporal John Henry Swinton, aged 29 years, who was killed in action at Gallipoli on August 7th,1916. —Inserted by his sorrowing father. Source: Poverty Bay Herald (7 August 1916, p. 2).

Sources

  1. Cenotaph: https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/...
  2. New Zealand and World War One Roll of Honour: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~sooty/genealogy/nzefrohSM-SY.html / Ref 17.4.2021
  3. Poverty Bay Herald (7 August 1916, p. 2).
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LCpl. John Henry Swinton's Timeline

1885
July 23, 1885
Raukokore, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand
1915
August 8, 1915
Age 30
Gelibolu, Gelibolu İlçesi, Çanakkale, Türkiye (Turkey)
August 8, 1915
Age 30
Chunuk Bair Cemetery, [Grave 6.], Eceabat İlçesi, Çanakkale, Çanakkale
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