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• Name TANTRUM
• Initials J
• First name JOHN
• Place of birth Palmerston North
• Country Wellington, New Zealand
• Last residence Hastie's Hotel, Feilding
• Family Son of Edwin and Mary Tantrum, of Feilding, New Zealand; three brothers, Walter, George and Wiliam; six sisters: Sarah, Mary, Ellen, Clara, Susanah and Eliza.
• Education Fourth Educational Standard
• Profession Plumber
• Extra info He put his age up three years to join the Army

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 24 August 1915, Trentham
• Service number 24/1494
• Rank Rifleman
• Regiment and unit 2nd Bn. New Zealand Rifle Brigade
• Division - Brigade 3rd Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division New Zealand Division
• National force N.Z.E.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarked for France 6 April 1916

Death

• Wounded 12 October
• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds in arm, chest penetrating, in n°2 Can CCS
• Date of death 23 October 1917
• Died at the age of 24
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXII - B - 15

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