Charles Edward JAMES

Regimental number9/444
AddressMiller's Flat, Otago
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs Christina James, Inch-Clutha, Otago
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Three squadrons of the Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment left New Zealand on board 'Hawke's Bay', and one squadron on board 'Verdala'. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Machine Gun Corps
FateKilled in Action 5 June 1917
Place of burialTrois Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row Q, Grave No 4), Steenwerck, France
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  cemetery records
Parents: W. and Christinia James, Berwick, Otago
Other details

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

Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Main Body