Ian Douglas JAMESON

Regimental number10/137
Date of birth5 April 1894
Place of birthWellington
SchoolWellington College
OccupationClerk
Address12 Hogg Crescent, Masterton
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 7.25"
Weight144 lbs
Next of kinMrs M D Jameson, Rawhiti Terrace, Wellington
Previous military serviceServed in C Company, 17th Regiment, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date10 August 1914
Place of enlistmentMasterton
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 May 1915
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTwelve Tree Copse (New Zealand) Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James Samuel and Mary Duncan Jameson, 14 Dromorne Road, Remuera, Auckland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915.

Appointed Lance Corporal, Gallipoli, 5 May 1915.

Reported missing, 8 May 1915.

Court of Enquiry, held at Moasca Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1915, concluded 'Now believed to be dead, 8 May 1915'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body. Condition of teeth: 'Good'
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 188 File 18052890,05

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