James HECTOR

Regimental number8/1892
AddressKaitangata
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, R Hector, Old Lane, Little Hulton, Lancashire, England
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 17 April 1915
Final rankCorporal
Final unitNo 1 Company, New Zealand Machine Gun Battalion
FateDied of wounds 16 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialDartmoor Cemetery (Plot II, Row A, Grave No 78), Becordel-Becourt, Somme, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Mary Hector, Old Lane, Little Hutton, Lancashire, England; Wife: Ellen Hector
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Fourth

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