James IRWIN

Regimental number47892
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinBrother, J Irwin, Gisborne
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 26th Reinforcements (Second Draft), E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 86 Maunganui on 12 June 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 8 May 1918
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialDoullens Communal Cemetery Extension No 2 (Plot II, Row A, Grave No 12), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late Thomas and Elizabeth Irwin
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 67, p. 6

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