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2nd Lt. John Maxwell Sunley
NZ Expeditionary Force 5th Battery, 2nd Bde. NZ Field Artillery
from:Westport, New Zealand
(d.9th Sep 1916)
John Maxwell Sunley was my Great Uncle. He was born 6th May 1893. Before the war he was a clerk in New Zealand for the Westport Harbour Board.
He enlisted on 17 April 1915 with the New Zealand Field Artillery, 5th Battery, 2nd Brigade.
On 20th November he was promoted to Sergeant.
On the 11th March he was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant.
While serving in France, he was shot in the chest and died of his wounds on 9th September 1916.