James Elroy SOMERVILLE

Regimental number6/3474
OccupationBilliard marker
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Somerville, 8 Irwin Street, Riccarton, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 7 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialStrand Military Cemetery (Plot X, Row IA Grave No 24/30A), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Walter and Joan Somerville, 8 Irvine Street, Lower Riccarton, Christchurch
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 26