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About James Benjamin Morton Poynter
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Service number: 813 South African War, 1899-1902
Service number: 28044 World War I, 1914-1918
Armed Force Branch: ARMY NZ Mounted Rifles, WWI: NZ Pioneer Battalion & Wellington Infantry
Rank: Captain & Temporary Lieutenant
Next of kin on embarkation: Pre SA War: father J B Poynter of Te Karaka; Pre WWI: wife - Mary Poynter of Te Karaka
Military Service: 1900-1901 & 1916-1919
Promotions, Postings & Transfers: Acting Lt to Sergeant; Captain in NZ Territorials; July 1900 - transferred to the SA Police Recruits
Medals & Awards: 1900 - SA War medal; WWI Medals & NZ Territorial Service Medal for Long & Efficient Service in 1915 & 1926
Embarkation details: South Africa 17 February 1900; Vessel was Knight Templar; 3 Contingent, 6 Company
New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 3rd Contingent (Rough Riders)
Medical Notes: 1917 - wounded & hospitalised
Capt. James Benjamin Poynter was awarded the Long & Efficient Service Medal in 23 June 1926
Poverty Bay Herald, 4 February 1937
Obituary - Mr J B Poynter
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Gisborne Times, 5 February 1937
Obituary - Mr J B Poynter
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GIST19370205.2.32?item...
James Benjamin Morton Poynter's Timeline
1874 |
September 8, 1874
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Gisborne, New Zealand
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1903 |
January 17, 1903
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Whanganui, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand
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1904 |
August 30, 1904
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Wanganui -Putiki, New Zealand
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1906 |
May 20, 1906
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Gisborne, New Zealand
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1912 |
October 11, 1912
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Te Karaka, Poverty Bay, New Zealand
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1914 |
March 9, 1914
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Gisborne
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1937 |
February 4, 1937
Age 62
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Stout Street, Gisborne, Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa, New Zealand
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Ormond Cemetery, Block ORM1; Plot 94; Warrant # 203, Gisborne, New Zealand
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