James Parker McCRAE

Regimental number64320
OccupationLeather worker
Next of kinMother, Mrs Agnes Templeton McCrae, St Georges Road, Avondale, Auckland
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 32nd Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 96 Maunganui on 21 November 1917
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd New Zealand Entrenching Battalion
FateKilled in Action 6 May 1918
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsButtes New British Cemetery (New Zealand) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James Parker McCrae and Agnes Templeton McCrae, St George's Road, Avondale, Auckland. Native of Avondale
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 75, p. 34

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