John Porter

1887-1950

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.3

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1461

About

Born

18 September 1887
Residence

Hometown

Wellington
Work

Occupation

Miner

Employer

Wellington Meat Company
Personal Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

Mary J. Porter

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 62

21 April 1950

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 34/0093820, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 5.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “John Porter (1887-1950)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/696