James WILLIAMSON

Regimental number8/3792
OccupationFireman
Next of kinFather, Sinclair Williamson, Ernabae, Dunrossness, Shetland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 1 August 1916
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row E, Grave No 28), Armentieres, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Barbara Williamson, Dunrossness, Shetland, and he late Sinclair Williamson
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 32

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