James Finlayson CAMERON

Regimental number9/780
Date of birth11 December 1878
Place of birthHaddington, Scotland
ReligionPresbyterian
AddressPost Office Box 254, Napier, Hawke's Bay
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation35
Height5' 4.5"
Weight129 lbs
Next of kinBrother, G Cameron, Bank of Australasia, London, England
Previous military serviceMember, Legion of Frontiersmen since 1902 [1912?]; served for 2.6 years in Prince Alfred's Guards (Volunteers), Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Enlistment date22 October 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment, 2nd Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 14 December 1914
Members of the 2nd Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment, departed on board three ships: HMNZT 13 'Verdala', HMNZT 14 'Willochra', and HMNZT 15 'Knight of the Garter'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankTrooper
Final unitOtago Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateKilled in Action 21 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records38
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsHill 60 (New Zealand) Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Martha Cameron, Craigielaw, Longniddry, Scotland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Reported missing, 21 August 1915.

Board of Inquiry, held at Mudros, 6 November 1915, declared fate to be 'killed in action, 21 August 1915'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Second
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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