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Pte. John King
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 1st Btn. Canterbury Regiment
from:New Zealand
(d.19th Aug 1917)
John King served with the 1st Btn. Canterbury Regiment of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. He was executed for desertion on 19th Agust 1917 aged 32 and is buried in Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France.
He had a long record of going absent, deserting and illness; perhaps alcoholic.