Informations sur naissance

Date de naissance:
21/12/1882
Lieu de naissance:
Kilkeel, County Down, Irlande du Nord, Royaume-Uni

Informations générales

Profession:
Ouvrier

Informations service militaire

Pays:
New Zealand
Force armée:
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Rifleman
Numéro de service:
19224
Incorporation date:
02/04/1916
Incorporation nom de lieu:
Gisborne, Cook, New Zealand
Unités:
 —  New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Bn.  (Dernière unité connue)

Informations sur décès

Date de décès:
07/08/1917
Lieu de décès:
No. 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Bailleul, France
Cause du décès:
Died of wounds (D.O.W.)
Âge:
34

Cimetière

Trois Arbres Cemetery
Parcelle: I
Rangée: W
Tombe: 39

Distinctions et médailles 2

British War Medal
Médaille
Victory Medal
Médaille

Points d'intérêt 2

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Mon histoire

John Annett was the son of James and Mary Annett, born at Kilkeel, Northern Ireland. Before he was enlisted in the army, he immigrated to New Zealand, where he worked as a labourer. He joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force on the 2nd of April 1916 and was a member of the ‘D’ company, 1st Battalion 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade. At the beginning of August 1917, Rifleman Annett’s battalion was stationed in the Warneton Sector, south of Messines.

On the 2nd of August 1917, the 1st Bn. 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade relieved the 2nd Otago in the front line opposite Warneton. The conditions at the front line were miserable. Wet and cold weather combined with excessive shelling transformed the frontline trenches in a swamp of thigh-deep mud. Moreover, the soldiers had little shelter. They were permanently shelled and targeted by snipers. On the 6th of August, the 1st Bn was hit by heavy shellfire. 24 soldiers were wounded of which 12 did not survive.

Rifleman Annett was one of the soldiers who was hit by shell fire. He was injured to the chest, abdomen and legs and was brought to the 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station in Steenwerck (Bailleul, France). The next day, he succumb to his wounds. He was buried at Trois Arbres Cemetery, plot I, row W, grave 39, where he is still remembered today.

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"The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own)", Austin, WL., Wellington, L.T. Watkins, 1924, pp.223-224
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Auckland Cenotaph
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C356?n=19224&w=World%20War%20I%2C%201914-1918&ordinal=0&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch
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CWGC
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/203025/JOHN%20ANNETT/
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Long Long Trail
https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/
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NZ Project
https://nzef.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=6003
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