James Valentine NEARY

Regimental number12/1749
Addressc/o J Kavanagh, Renakura
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinJames Neary, Porangahau, Hawke's Bay
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 4 Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankSergeant
Final unit5th Light Railway Company, New Zealand Engineers
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialNine Elms British Cemetery (Plot XV, Row D, Grave No 2), Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late James and Martha Neary, Kamo, Whangarei
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Infantry Batln/Third