James Duncan SANDERSON

Regimental number9/1105
AddressWaikouaiti
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs Janet McGregor, Waikouaiti, Otago
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Members of the 5th Reinforcement, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment, departed New Zealand on board two ships, HMNZT 7 'Limerick' and HMNZT 10 'Arawa'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unitNew Zealand Machine Gun Battalion
FateKilled in Action 25 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialStrand Military Cemetery (Plot VI, Row C, Grave No 2), nr Ieper, Belgium
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Parents: Mrs Janet McGregor (formerly Sanderson), Edinburgh Street, Waikouaiti, Otago, and the late John A. Sanderson
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Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Fifth

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