Regimental number | 6/1886 |
Address | 34 Bamford Street, Woolston, Christchurch |
Marital status | Single |
Next of kin | Father, Levi James, 34 Bamford Street, Woolston, Christchurch |
Rank on embarkation | Private |
Enlistment status | Volunteer |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 21 Willochra on |
Final rank | Private |
Final unit | Canterbury Infantry Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | Shrapnel Valley Cemetery (Plot III, Row B, Grave No 8), Gallipoli, Turkey |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Levi and Frances Amy James, 34 Bamford Street, Woolston, Christchurch |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 4/552 Sapper Albert JAMES, New Zealand Engineers, died of disease, 19 November 1918; 7/1851 Pte Alexander George JAMES, 2nd Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, died of wounds 29 November 1916. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Fourth |
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