James Sangster RITCHIE

Regimental number9/1482
Place of birthMacetown, Lake Country, Otago
AddressMacetown
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs B Ritchie, Macetown via Queenstown, Otago
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 10 October 1915
The Mounted Rifles component of the 7th Reinforcements left New Zealand on 10 October 1915 on board two ships, 'Aparima' and 'Navua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit3rd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 24 November 1917
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXIV, Row E, Grave No 1), Zonnebeke, Berlgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Janet Ritchie, 17 Mary Street, Invercargill, Southland, and the late Beresford Ritchie
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Seventh