The known young SWAN who served NZ in the wars

Alexander Swan
- Private 30313
- Next of Kin - A. Mountier (friend), Te Horo, Kapiti Coast
- Embarkation Unit - 14th Reinforcements 2nd Battalion, (F Company)
- Embarkation Date - 30 December 1916

Alfred Swan
- Sapper 4/851
- Enlistment Address - c/o Mrs Neils, Grey St, Auckland
- Next of Kin - Miss J. Lewis (friend) 133 Cleveland St, South Shields, England
- Embarkation Unit - Field Engineers 4th Reinforcements
- Embarkation Date - 17 April 1915

Arthur Cameron Swan (1898-1973)
* parents: Hector Percy Swan & Alice Gertrude Cameron
- Private 71504
- Next of Kin - H. P. Swan (father) 16 Clifford St, Gisborne
- Embarkation Unit - 37th Reinforcements Specialists Company
- Embarkation Date - 16 May 1918
NOTE History of NZ Rugby Football

Cecil Joseph Swan (1884-1983)
* parents: James Paul Swan & Mary Josephine Burke
- Private 62408
- Next of Kin - Mrs M. J. Swan (mother) King St, Dannevirke
- Unit - 31st Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
- Embarkation Date - 16 November 1917

Charles Stephen 'Steve' Swan (1887-1973)
* parents: born 24 June 1887 to James Swan & Sarah 'Jane' Worsley
- Rifleman 57161
- Next of Kin - Mrs Jane Swan (mother) Pahiatua
- Embarkation Unit - Reinforcements J Company
- Embarkation Date - 26 July 1917
NOTE taken from National Army Museum .. Charles Swan was born in Lower Hutt but lived his early years in the Wairarapa. Prior to WWI, Charles was working as a farm hand near Pahiatua.
Charles enlisted on 19 May 1917 and embarked from Wellington on 26 July 1917 aboard the Ulimaroa bound for Plymouth, England. He arrived on 24 Sep 1917 and entrained to Brocton Camp near Cannock Chase, Staffordshire.
After a period of training, he left for Etaples, France and was soon in the thick of the action. On 22 March 1918, he was caught in a bad gas attack and was rushed to the 44th Casualty Clearing Station. He was later admitted to hospital near the NZ Base Depot at Etaples and after recovering, returned to his unit in the field. His health had been affected by the gas and he was in and out of hospital before being sent back to England to convalesce.
During his convalescence, he was asked to row in the ‘Head of the River’ race at Oxford. He rowed as the ‘Stroke’ and was presented with a medallion which is now held in the Heraldry Collection at the National Army Museum in Waiouru (photo at link).
Charles Swan was eventually invalided out of the army, classed as being physically unfit for active service. He returned to NZ in Nov 1918. He was officially discharged on 16 Jan 1919.
Charles lived in the Wairarapa until his death at Mangatainoka on 8 Sep 1973 (aged 86).

Clement Stevenson Swan
* parents: born 18 Sep 1891 to George Henry Swan & Frances Stopher
- Private 10/487
- Next of Kin - Mrs B. Swan, 46 Wilson St, Wanganui
- Embarkation Unit - Wellington Infantry Battalion
- Embarkation Date - 16 October 1914

• David Gordon Swan (1880-1918)
* parents: 1 of 11 children of David Swan & Mary Gordon (NZ suffragette)
- Sergeant 33192
- Next of Kin - David Swan (father), Bayfield, Anderson's Bay, Dunedin
- Embarkation Unit - 23rd Reinforcements E Company
- Embarkation Date - 2 April 1917
- KILLED IN ACTION Somme, France 26 March 1918
- Cemetery Name - Auchonvillers Military Cemetery, Somme, France

Edwin John 'Jack' Swan (1878-1961)
* parents: Robert & Gwendoline 'Gweney' Swan
- Gunner 2/2006
- Enlistment Address - Clyde Bank, Wairoa
- Next of Kin - Mrs Gwendoline Swan (mother) Hastings
- Embarkation Unit - Field Artillery 6th Reinforcements
- Embarkation Date - 14 August 1915

George Edmund Thomas Swan (1887-1970)
* parents: Robert & Gwendoline 'Gweney' Swan
- Private 78997
- Next of Kin - Mrs Gwendoline Swan (mother) 1100 Duke St, Hastings
- Embarkation Unit - 40th Reinforcements B Company
- Embarkation Date - 10 July 1918

George Percy Swan (1890-1982)
* born 5 April 1890
- Private 12/2484
- Next of Kin - R. Swan (father, 28 Saint Mary's Rd, Ponsonby, Auckland
- Embarkation Unit - Auckland Infantry Battalion 5th Reinforcements
- Embarkation Date - 13 June 1915

George Walter Swan (1891-1963)
- Sapper 4/636
- Next of Kin - W. Swan (father) 21 Thomson St, Invercargill
- Embarkation Unit - Mounted Signal Troop 2nd Reinforcements
- Embarkation Date - 14 December 1914

George Swan (1888-1950)
* parents: George Swan & Helen Manson Bain
- Corporal 8/3170
- Next of Kin - Mrs Helen Manson Swan (mother) Gordon Rd, Mosgiel, Otago
- Embarkation Unit - Otago Infantry Battalion 8th Reinforcements
- Embarkation Date - 13 November 1915
- Enlistment Address - Orakau School, Gordon Rd, Mosgiel

James Donald Swan (1890-1966)
- Lieutenant 5/368
- Enlistment Address - Wellington
- Next of Kin - John R. Swan (father) 260a Station Rd, Westcliffe-on-Sea, Essex
- Embarkation Unit - Army Service Corps, Samoan Advance Party,
5th Reinforcements
- Embarkation Date - 13 June 1915

• James Whiteford Swan (1884-1916)
* parents: born 23 Dec 1884 to James Whiteford Swan & Elizabeth Campbell Redondo
- Private 10/1674
- Enlistment Address - Post-office, Gisborne
- Next of Kin - James Swan (father) 6 Black's Rd, North-east Valley, Dunedin,
- Embarkation Unit - Wellington Infantry Battalion 3rd Reinforcements
- Embarkation Date - 14 February 1915
- KILLED IN ACTION Somme France 16 Sep 1916
- Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France
NOTES 5' 9½", 12st 3lb, blue eyes, dark hair.
James left home (Dunedin) when a young teenager. He was a miner in Waihi & Huntly (from where he enlisted). He was mentioned in Despatches 1914-15.
North Otago Times, Oct 1916
Private James Swan Private James Swan (killed) was' thirty-two years of age, and belonged to Dunedin. He left with the Third Reinforcements, and served through most of the Gallipoli campaign, being awarded the D.C.M. for gallant conduct. He was wounded in August of last-year, and was sent to Egypt. While he was there he was detailed for duty on the Marquette, being on board when she was torpedoed. He next went to France, and was killed in the recent fighting, He was a crack rifle shot, and was engaged most of his time as a sniper.
* Although he was awarded honors for bravery Jame's records also show him AWOL 4 times in 1916. His memorial is in Taumarunui?

John Daniel Swan (1886-1968)
* parents: Adam Swan & Christina Ferguson
- Private 3/1559
- Next of Kin - Mrs C. Swan (mother) Heriot, Otago
- Embarkation Unit - 12th Reinforcements New Zealand Medical Corps, No. 1 Field Ambulance
- Embarkation Date - 6 May 1916

Leonard Wesley Swan (1895-1976)
* parents: born 24 June 1895, 1 of 11 children to David Swan & Mary Gordon (NZ suffragette)
- Corporal 4/1852
- Next of Kin - Mrs M. Swan (mother), Bayfield, Anderson's Bay, Dunedin
- Embarkation Unit - 10th Reinforcements New Zealand Engineers
- Embarkation Date - 4 March 1916

Owen Gladstone Swan (1885-1963)
* parents: 1 of 11 children of David Swan & Mary Gordon (NZ suffragette)
- Private 22133
- Next of Kin - Mrs M. Swan (mother), Ocean View St, Anderson's Bay, Dunedin
- Embarkation Unit - 16th Reinforcements Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
- Embarkation Date - 20 August 1916

• Peter Swan (1914-1942)
* parents: James & Mary Swan
- Lance Sergeant 35720
- Next of Kin - Mrs J. Swan (mother), 378 High Street, Dunedin
- Embarkation Address - Soft-Goods Buyer, c/o Woolworths Limited, Wellington
- Embarkation Unit - 25 Infantry Battalion
- Embarkation Date -
- DIED OF HIS WOUNDS at sea on the Italian transport ship, the Nino Bixio (along with 117 other NZ POWs), 17 August 1942 aged 28. Crammed aboard the Nino Bixio were almost 3,000 POWs captured in North Africa, including more than 160 NZers, when she was torpedoed by a British submarine in the Mediterranean

Robert James Sydney Swan (1883-1961)
* parents: Robert & Wenny Swan
- Lance Corporal 30314
- Next of Kin - Mrs Alice Swan (wife) 30 Fitzherbert St, Petone, Wellington
- Embarkation Unit - 14th Reinforcements 2nd Battalion, (F Company)
- Embarkation Date - 30 December 1916

Robert Vincent Swan (1891-1952)
* parents: John Swan & Louisa Quirk
* wife: Dorothy Aileen Redford (married 1917)
- Private - 77177
- Next of Kin - Mrs M. Swan (wife) Porirua Rd, Ngaio, Wellington
- Embarkation Unit - 42nd Reinforcements D Company
- Embarkation Date - 1 August 1918

Victor Simmonds Swan (1896-1987)
* parents: George Hobday Swan & Annie Martha Simmonds
* wife: married Hilda Clara Schicker in 1927
- Private 41661
- Next of Kin - Mrs A. Swan (mother) Kaupokonui, Manaia, Taranaki
- Embarkation Unit - NZEF F Company
- Embarkation Date - 14 March 1917

Walter Sneddon Swan
- Private - 10/3399
- Next of Kin - George Swan (father) 16 Davison St, Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland
- Enlistment Address - 12 Porirua Road, Kaiwarra
- Embarkation Unit - Wellington Infantry Battalion 8th Reinforcements
- Embarkation Date - 13 November 1915

William Albert Swan (1896-1984)
* parents: John Swan & Mary Ann McKewen
- Corporal 29883
- Next of Kin - John Swan (father) 640 George St, Dunedin
- Embarkation Unit - 18th Reinforcements Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
- Embarkation Date - 16 October 1916

William Bain Swan (1895-1972)
* parents: George Swan & Helen Manson Bain
- Private 8/847
- Enlistment Address - 98 Wallace Street, Wellington,
- Next of Kin - Mrs Helen Manson Swan (mother), Gordon Rd, Mosgiel, Otago
- Embarkation Unit - Otago Infantry Battalion
- Embarkation Date - 16 October 1914

William Frederick Swan (1888-1972)
- Trooper 13/2085
- Enlistment address - 49 Vermont St, Ponsonby Auckland
- Next of Kin - R. Swan (father), 28 Saint Mary's Road, Ponsonby, Auckland
- Embarkation Unit - Auckland Mounted Rifles 6th Reinforcements
- Embarkation Date - 14 August 1915

PHOTO
Sergeant David Gordon Swan
Killed in Action Somme