James DAWSON

Regimental number43473
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs H M Dawson, Towai, Bay of Islands
Rank on embarkationGunner
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 25th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Turakina on 26 April 1917
Final rankGunner
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateKilled in Action 17 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXVII, Row G, Grave No 8A), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Arthur and Hannah Maria Dawson, Towai, North Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 62, p. 23

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