James MAULE

Regimental number52851
Date of birth4 October 1875
Place of birthWanganui
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationClerk
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation41
Height5' 10"
Weight128 lbs
Next of kinSister, Mrs Lena Pettard, Swanson, Auckland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date8 March 1917
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 88 Athenic on 16 July 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 16 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records42
Place of burialMendinghem Military Cemetery (Plot IX, Row F, Grave No 39), nr Ieper, Belgium,
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Note: age at death from CWGC site (56) does not tally with date of birth or age at enlistment. Parents: Captain and Ellen Maule, Wellington
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 16 July 1917; disembarked Liverpool, England, 16 September 1917, and marched in to 5th Reserve Bn, Tidworth.

Found guilty (charge not recorded), 22 October 1917; awarded 72 hours' detention and forfeiture of 1 day's pay under Royal Warrant: sentence remitted on proceeding overseas.

Proceeded overseas to France, 23 October 1917.

Joined Bn, in the field, 2 November 1917, and posted to D Company.

Admitted to NZ Reinforcements Field Ambulance, 7 March 1918 (measles), and transferred to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance; to 1/3 West Riding Field Ambulance, 22 March 1918.

Marched out to 3rd Entrenching Bn, 7 April 1918, and attached to 2nd Entrenching Bn.

Wounded in action, 16 April 1918 (gun shot wound, head); admitted to 64th Casualty Clearing Station, 16 April 1918 (dead on arrival).

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsParents: Alexander (b. Scotland) and Ellen (b. Ireland) MAULE
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 68, p. 11
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21373963

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