John Alexander Bankier - New Zealand Tunnellers

Unit

3rd Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37498

About

Born in Australia

19 July 1883

Parents

Mother

Margaret Bankier

Father

Alexander Bankier

Settled in New Zealand

1903

Residence

Hometown

Te Kuiti

Work

Occupation

Quarryman

Employer

New Zealand Government

Personal Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

L. Bankier

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 W5520 45/0010963, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.II, Roll No.45, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 35.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “John Alexander Bankier (1883-†?)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, 2025 (2009), Accessed: 16 December 2025. URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/24