James Alexander MORTON

Regimental number47168
OccupationFarm labourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs G Morton, Malvern, South Canterbury
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 84 Turakina on 26 April 1917
Final rankDriver
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of disease 1 December 1918
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialBrookwood Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row F, Grave No 2), Surrey, England
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mary and the late George Morton, Morven
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 62, p. 30

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