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MORTON, James Walter
(Service number 13490 (British); N/N)

Aliases
First Rank		Last Rank	Gunner

Birth

Date	24 November 1881	Place of Birth	Crappagh, Ireland

Enlistment Information

Date	14 December 1917	Age	36 years 1 month
Address at Enlistment	Richmond Stn, Lake Tekapo
Occupation	Shepherd
Previous Military Experience	91 (Heavy) Battery R.G.A. 29 Division - discharged on termination of engagement
Marital Status	Married
Next of Kin
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 7 inches. Weight 138 lbs. Chest measurement 33½-36½ inches. Complexion fresh. Eyes blue. Hair fair. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Slight haemorrhoids. Good bodily & mental health. No fits. No notification for consumption. Never under treatment in a sanatorium or mental institution. Absent from work - pleurisy. . . . . . . . . Scar on bridge nose. Scar in left groin. Determing Disability - Returned Soldier. Honourable discharge from B, Exp. Force.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
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Discharge

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Death

Date	7 November 1960	Age	79 years
Place of Death	Denmark Street, Fairlie (residence)
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 8 November 1960
Memorial or Cemetery	Fairlie Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

It appears that James Walter Morton had already served overseas and returned before enlisting in 1917? With the New Zealand Forces? No, he had served with the Royal Garrison Artillery in 1902, when 19 years old, and then again in World War One, as Walter Morton Thus he was recorded as a "Returned Soldier" in 1917 in New Zealand. He stated that he had been medically examined for for service with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force on 11 August 1914 at Christchurch and found Fit. He had married Mary Ellen Kemp on 27 August 1914 in the Christchurch Registry Office.

Sources

NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5549 0083670) [06 January 2017]; Timaru Herald, 8 November 1960 (Timaru District Library) [19 December 2016]

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