James McDOWALL

Regimental number42549
OccupationGardener
Next of kinMother, Mrs McDowall, Janefield, Mosgiel
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 23rd Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Ruapehu on 14 March 1917
Final rankCorporal
Final unit1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialNaves Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No 1), Naves, near Cambrai, Nord, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Helen McDowall, Brechin, Scotland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 57, p. 15