James Ayson MARSHALL

Regimental number3/1120
Date of birth29 July 1889
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationMedical practitioner
AddressWellington Hospital
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, Angus Marshall, 15 Park Street, Dunedin
Enlistment date20 October 1914
Rank on embarkationCaptain
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, New Zealand Medical Corps
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 10 October 1915
Final rankCaptain
Final unitNew Zealand Medical Corps
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 1 November 1917
Discharge date13 March 1918
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Wounded in action (date not on file: B103 missing) (gun shot wound, left arm, chest: severe); admitted to 14th General Hospital, Wimereux; listed as 'dangerously ill, 9 July 1917; removed from 'dangerously ill' list, 16 July 1917; transferred to England, 27 July 1917, and admitted same day to NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames; transferred to NZ Officers' Convalescent Home, Brighton, 24 August 1917.

Found by Medical Board to be unfit for service for 6 months, 26 August 1917, and recommended for return to New Zealand.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Devonport on board HMNZT 'Mokoia', 1 November 1917; discharged, 13 March 1918.

Total war service: 1 year 349 days (of which 1 year 215 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Medical Corps/Seventh
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805