James Thomas SIMPSON

Regimental number11/1596
AddressKaraka Road, Thames
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs B Simpson, Karaka Road, Thames
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 6th Reinforcements, Wellington Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 28 Tofua on 14 August 1915
Final rankTrooper
Final unitNew Zealand Mounted Machine Gun Squadron
FateKilled in Action 25 November 1917
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialRamleh War Cemetery (Row M, Grave No 53), Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late Joseph F. and Beatrice Simpson, Thames
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Palestine

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