James POLLOCK

Regimental number6/2464
Other NamesPOLLOCK, James Lytton Ray
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinCousin, Frederick Scott, 15 London Street, Ponsonby, Auckland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 11th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
The Infantry component of the 11th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships (HMNZT 49 'Maunganui' and HMNZT 50 'Tahiti'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked. The Nominal Roll gives the date of departure as 1 April 1916; harbour records indicate that the actual date of embarkation was 2 April 1916.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 30 September 1917
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialGwalia Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No 2), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Alice May Pollock. Previously discharged from New Zealand Expeditionary Force on account of sickness. Subsequently re-enlisted; wounded at Messines.
Other detailsEx 5th Reinforcements
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 28, p. 12