James Hutcheson VARTHA

Regimental number6/3496
Date of birth23 July 1882
Place of birthChristchurch
ReligionMethodist
OccupationBootmaker
Address199 Lichfield Street, Christchurch
Marital statusMarried
Height5' 7"
Weight147 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs J M Vartha, 79 Ruskin Street, Addington, Christchurch
Previous military serviceServed in the Imperial Rifles, Christchurch.
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 8th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 13 November 1915
Discharge date15 August 1916
Other details

War service, Eygpt.

Married Agnes Gibb, St Andrews, Christchurch, 16 October 1915.

Embarked 13 November 1915; disembarked Suez, ex HT 'Willochra', 20 December 1915.

Admitted to NZ General Hospital, Cairo, 3 January 1916 (hernia); transferred to No 1408 Convalescent Depot, Cairo, 3 February 1916.

Marched into NZ Base Depot, Ghezireh, 8 March 1916.

Admitted to NZ General Hospital, Cairo, 20 March 1916 (bronchia asthma).

Commenced return to New Zealand from Suez, 5 May 1916, on board HT 'Tahiti'; arrived New Zealand, 7 June 1916; discharged (no longer fit for active service), 15 August 1916.

Total war service: 358 days (of which 207 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Eighth
Date of death9 July 1926 Christchurch
Age at death43
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805