James WILSON

Regimental number43468
OccupationMarine engineer
Next of kinSister, Mrs W S Crawford, Moffat, Scotland
Rank on embarkationGunner
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 26th Reinforcements (Second Draft) and 27th Reinforcements (First Draft), New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Maunganui on 12 June 1917
Final rankGunner
Final unit8th Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery
FateKilled in Action 24 August 1918
Place of burialAchiet-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row P, Grave No 4), nr Arras, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Dr J. and Helen L. Wilson, Wanlockhead, Leadhills, Scotland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 67, p. 9

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