James HOOD

Regimental number48032
OccupationMail contractor
Next of kinBrother, D Hood, Te Wharau, Carterton
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Turakina on 26 April 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 26 May 1918
Place of burialGommecourt British Cemetery No 2 (Plot II, Row E, Grave No 2), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Father: the late Alexander Hood, Leys, of Cossaris, Glamis, Forfarshire, Scotland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 62, p. 32