John McLaughlin - New Zealand Tunnellers

Unit

6th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

60438

About

Born in New Zealand

20 April 1883

Parents

Mother

Jane McLaughlin

Father

John McLaughlin

Residence

Hometown

Te Kinga

Work

Occupation

Bushman

Employer

Tekinga Land & Timber Company

Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

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British War Medal

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 35

21 November 1918

Sources

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

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 188805 W5544 86/0075090, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.69, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 39.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “John McLaughlin (1883-1918)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, 2025 (2009), Accessed: 16 December 2025. URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/556