John Crosbie Milne

Private · NZ #37873

Rank	Private
Service number	NZ #37873
Record	https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/153438

What this roll records

The prefix NZ has been added to his service number, on the authority of the Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph record already linked on this card — the Museum holds him as a New Zealand service person. The digits are unchanged. This roll formerly left the number unmarked, which made it look like a British number to anyone reading the field rather than the card.

Cenotaph-verified 27 Jul 2026 (record link added).

A tractor driver in civilian life; served with Headquarters, 27th (Machine Gun) Battalion. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.

Embarkation detail from his Cenotaph record: he embarked as Private, Headquarters, 27th (MG) Battalion, Nominal Roll 3 p. 330, 3rd Echelon. This agrees with the rank held on this card. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph, record 153438.

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Where this comes from

Additional sources (AWMM Online Cenotaph). Nominal Roll 2NZEF No. 3, p.330. Unit history: Kay, R. (1958). 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion.
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