John Sydney JAMES

Regimental number6/1886
Address34 Bamford Street, Woolston, Christchurch
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, Levi James, 34 Bamford Street, Woolston, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 21 Willochra on 17 April 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitCanterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 7 July 1915
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialShrapnel 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 connectionsBrothers: 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 detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Fourth