| Regimental number | 7/1851 |
| Address | 34 Bamford Street, Woolston, Christchurch |
| Marital status | Single |
| Next of kin | Mother, Mrs L James, 34 Bamford Street, Woolston, Christchurch |
| Rank on embarkation | Trooper |
| Enlistment status | Volunteer |
| Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 8th Reinforcements, Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 36 Tofua on |
| Final rank | Private |
| Final unit | 2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment |
| Fate | Died of wounds |
| Place of burial | Trois Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No 17), Steenwerck, France |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Levi and Frances Amy James, Woolston, Christchurch |
| Family/military connections | Brothers: 4/552 Sapper Albert JAMES, New Zealand Engineers, died of disease, 19 November 1918; 6/1886 Pte John Sydney JAMES, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, killed in action, 7 July 1915. |
| Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| Miscellaneous details | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Mounted Rifles/Eighth |