John Thomson Russell - New Zealand Tunnellers

Unit

2nd Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

21463

About

Born

17 October 1883

Residence

Hometown

Kiripaka

Work

Occupation

Miner

Employer

Northern Coal Company

Personal Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

Agnes Russell

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

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British War Medal

Victory Medal

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 W5550 104/0100891, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.II, Roll No.34, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 42.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “John Thomson Russell (1883-†?)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, 2025 (2009), Accessed: 8 November 2025. URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/746