James ELLIS

Regimental number63579
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs G Ellis, 108 Fitzgerald Avenue, Linwood, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 32nd Reinforcements, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 96 Maunganui on 21 November 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Entrenching Battalion
FateDied of wounds 27 April 1918
Place of burialCologne Southern Cemetery (Plot XI, Row B, Grave No 21), Germany
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr & Mrs George M. Ellis, Islington, Christchurch
Other details

War service: Western Front

Died in Germany (prisoner of war) of wounds sustained in France.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 75, p. 41

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