John Wesley

1887-1917

Portrait of John Wesley

Unit

3rd Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37491

About

Born in New Zealand

13 May 1887
Parents

Mother

Emily Wesley

Father

John Wesley
Residence

Hometown

Huntly
Work

Occupation

Miner

Employer

Extended Mines Limited
Personal 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 30

2 October 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 W5557 64/0120807, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.II, Roll No.45, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 37.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “John Wesley (1887-1917)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/897