James WILLACY

Regimental number24747
OccupationTraction engine driver
Next of kinWife, Mrs Helen Louisa Willacy, 133 Queen's Drive, Lyall Bay, Wellington
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 19th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 15 November 1916
The infantry component of the 19th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Rolls to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 1 August 1917
Place of burialTrois Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row X, Grave No 21), Steenwerck, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr & Mrs J. Willacy, Karahaka Road, Waverley
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 45, p. 7

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