John Drysdale

1893-1917

Unit

3rd Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37462

About

Born in Scotland

27 February 1893
Parents

Mother

Sarah Drysdale

Father

John Drysdale

Settled in New Zealand

1913
Live

Hometown

Dunedin
Work

Occupation

Driver
Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 24

5 May 1917

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5537 52/0035680, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.II, Roll No.45, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 36.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “John Drysdale (1893-1917)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/224