John Thomas
Oxnam
Born in New Zealand
Ancestors 
Son of John Oxnam
and Mary Elizabeth (Dellow) Oxnam
Brother of
Emily Sarah Jane (Oxnam) Hodgkinson, Alma (Oxnam) Sloane, Albert John Oxnam, Henry Joseph Oxnam, Owen Buller Oxnam, Oliver Lyell Oxnam, Ernest David Oxnam, David William Oxnam, Alice May (Oxnam) Trower, Francis Alfred Oxnam, Edward Darlington Oxnam, Grace Annie Oxnam and Herbert Kennedy Oxnam
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 26
in Ypres, Belgium
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Oct 2015
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Biography
A farmer before enlistment, Private John Thomas Oxman served in G Company of the NZ Rifle Brigade, 1st Canterbury Infantry Battalion during WW1 -- see Service Number 44146. He gave his next-of-kin as Mrs J. Oxnam (mother), Longford, Murchison in Nelson province, New Zealand. He embarked 14 Mar 1917-21 May 1917 to Devonport, England aboard HMNZT 79 the Ruapehu. He was killed in action 12 October 1917 in the battle of Passchendaele at Ypres, Belgium and is buried at Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium (Grave reference XXXII. G. 9_
Sources
- Birth cert 1891/263
IN MEMORIAM. Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14890, 12 October 1918, Page 4
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John Thomas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John Thomas:
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~12.50%
~25.00%
Wyn Peterson 
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~3.12%
John Lester :
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~1.56%
Robert Patton :
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~1.56%
Richard Lester :
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~1.56%
Hayden Lester :
Living DNA
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~0.39%
Bruce Rundle :
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