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Early NZ HistoryJames Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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NZ Intention to Marry Index (1882-1899)James Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Hawke's Bay Knowledge Bank Who's WhoJames Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call 2nd NZEF Roll of Honour (Northlanders)James Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Te Papa Collections - PeopleJames Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Tributes Online (obituaries)James Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Otago Nominal Index        🔍 ASH

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Shadows of TimeJames Elis Preston        🔍 ASH
NZ Presbyterian MarriagesJames Elis Preston        🔍 ASH
Auckland Museum Online CenotaphJames Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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WWII Military Draft ListsJames Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Whanganui Council Property RollsPreston, James Elis        🔍 ASH

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NZ Servicemen buried in Kranji (Singapore)James Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Sooty NZ (NZ history and genealogical information)James Elis Preston        🔍 ASH
Freedom's Call POWs (Northlanders)James Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call Medals (Northlanders)James Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call - Other Forces (Northlanders)James Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Gate Pa & Te Ranga, 1864James Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Porirua War StoriesJames Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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WW1 returned soldiers land holdingsJames Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (killed in line of duty)James Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (deaths in line of duty)James Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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NZ Medical Practitioners (1840-1930)James Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Cotter Museum Doctors' FilesJames Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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1867-1870 Medical RegistrationsJames Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Education Dept Staff RegisterJames Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Methodist Ministers (1822-1940)James Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Anglican Clergy (pre-1952)James Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1872-1926)James Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1903-1928)James Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Vaccination Appointments 1872-1885James Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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1918 Flu Pandemic VictimsJames Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Old Colonists' Association Register, 1919-1934James Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Burgess Roll for the City of Auckland, 1887-1888James Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Early Settlers Roll, Auckland ProvinceJames Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City Early ResidentsJames Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City ObituariesJames Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Taita Hall Donors (Lower Hutt)James Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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West Coast Accidental DeathsJames Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Paparoa & Blackball coalminer deathsJames Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Christchurch 1918 influenza victimsJames Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Sumner School for Deaf ChildrenJames Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Porirua Cemetery (unmarked graves)James Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Whenua Tapu (unmarked graves)James Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Alexander Turnbull LibraryPreston, James Elis        🔍 ASH

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Transcriptions NZJames Elis Preston        🔍 ASH
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Archives NZJames Elis Preston        🔍 ASH
Intention to Marry ProjectJames Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Kura Heritage Collections (Auckland)James Elis Preston        🔍 ASH
Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)James Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Our Stuff - Denise & Peter's NZ history siteJames Elis Preston        🔍 ASH
NZ Genealogy Research Made EasyJames Elis Preston        🔍 ASH
The Treasury (Coromandel-Hauraki)James Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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NZSG Kiwi Collection (non-member records)James Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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NZ War GravesJames Elis Preston        🔍 ASH
New Zealand Gazette IndexJames Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

Search URL: https://gazette.howison.co.nz/search?name=James+Elis+Preston

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Source: 1840-2017 New Zealand Gazette (and related periodicals) indexed from various public sources, including VUW, NZLII, gazette.govt.nz, WCC Libraries and Papers Past. Usage/copyright varies: Public domain / Crown copyright / fair use / CC-BY 3.0 NZ

NZ Deaths        🔍 ASH

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Soldiers of Empire - Muster RollsJames Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Soldiers of Empire - Medal RollsJames Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Tinui HistoryJames Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Masterton Anglican HistoryJames Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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WWI Military DefaultersJames Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Nominal rolls: Second New Zealand Expeditionary ForceJames Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

Embarkation nominal rolls of Army troops who served overseas in WWII. They are not exhaustive and generally do not include Navy and Air Force servicemembers.

Source: Auckland Museum / CC BY 4.0

Name Army No. Vol. Rank Unit Single? Enlisted at Occupation Last NZ Address Next of Kin
🌳 James Elis Preston† 76373 9 Corporal 3rd N.Z. Divisional Intelligence Section, N.Z. Intelligence Corps Single Hastings Shepherd Corsair Bay, Lyttelton Mrs. R. Preston, Corsair Bay, Lyttelton (m)
🌳 James Elis Preston† 76373 9 Corporal 3rd N.Z. Divisional Intelligence Section, N.Z. Intelligence Corps Single Hastings Shepherd Corsair Bay, Lyttelton Mrs. R. Preston, Corsair Bay, Lyttelton (m)
Nurse Registrations, 1902-1931James Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Masterton Library Wairarapa ArchiveJames Elis Preston        🔍 ASH
Caversham Project Trades Database (1894-1939)James Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Biographies of the Pioneer Land SurveyorsJames Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Electoral Rolls (1893-1938)James Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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BillionGraves (NZ cemeteries)James Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Whakatere Heritage Collections (Ashburton)James Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Archives Central (Manawatū-Whanganui)James Elis Preston        🔍 ASH

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Discover EverAfter (NZ Cemeteries)James Elis Preston        🔍 ASH