| Regimental number | 12/3667 |
| Date of birth | |
| Place of birth | Cambridge |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
| Occupation | Railway porter |
| Marital status | Single |
| Height | 5' 6.5" |
| Weight | 140 lbs |
| Next of kin | Father, J Hamilton, Junction Road, Paeroa |
| Previous military service | Served as Sapper in the Railway Engineers; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment. |
| Rank on embarkation | Private |
| Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 37 SS Maunganui on |
| Final rank | Lance Corporal |
| Final unit | New Zealand Machine Gun Corps |
| Fate | Died of wounds |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 25 |
| Place of burial | Etaples Military Cemetery (Plot XXX, Row K, Grave No 6A), France |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: James and Janet Hamilton. CWGC site gives Regimental Number as 11/3667. |
| Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Disembarked Suez, 12 February 1916. Admitted to NZ General Hospital, Cairo, 29 February 1916 (influenza); transferred to Lady Godley's Home, Zeitoun, 22 March 1916 (tonsillitis); discharged to NZ Base Depot, Ghezireh, 31 March 1916; joined 2nd Bn, Auckland Infantry Regiment, Moascar, 7 April 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 8 April 1916. Attached to No 2 Company, NZ Machine Gun Corps, 1 June 1916; transferred to NZ Machine Gun Corps, 15 July 1916, and posted to No 2 Company. Admitted No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 8 September 1916 (boils, left forearm), and transferred same day to Corps Rest Station; rejoined unit, 24 September 1916. Found guilty, 6 February 1917, of neglect of duty, when on sentry duty failing to salute officers: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2. Admitted to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance, 24 March 1917 (diarrhoea); rejoined unit, 2 April 1917. Appointed Lance Corporal, 20 June 1917; Temporary Corporal, 5 July 1917. Admitted to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, 30 August 1917 (sprained ankle: injury did not occur in performance of military duty; soldier not to blame), and relinquished appointment of Temporary Corporal; rejoined unit, 4 September 1917. Appointed Temporary Corporal, 4 September 1917. On leave to United Kingdom, 12 September 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 24 September 1917. Wounded in action, 4 October 1917 (shrapnel wound, face, abrasions), and admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance; rejoined unit, 10 October 1917. Appointed Temporary Corporal, 10 October 1917. Wounded in action (second occasion), 21 October 1917 (gun shot wound, neck, and left thigh), and admitted to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance (and relinquished appointment of Temporary Corporal); transferred same day to 44th Casualty Clearing Station; to No 11 (Harvard, USA) General Hospital, 26 October 1917; to No 18 (Chicago, USA) General Hospital, Camiers, 1 November 1917. Placed on 'dangerously ill' list, 2 November 1917. Died of wounds, 6 November 1917. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 15 Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805 |