SINCLAIR, James Lees
(Service number 4/1062)
| First Rank | Sapper | Last Rank | Second Corporal |
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Birth
| Date | 18/02/1889 | Place of Birth | Waimate, New Zealand |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 21 May 1915 | Age | 26 |
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| Address at Enlistment | Post Office, Dunedin | ||
| Occupation | Telegraphist - NZ Post office | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Margaret Sinclair, 279 Leith St, Dunedin, NZ | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | France |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 6th Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Field Engineers | ||
| Date | 14 August 1915 | ||
| Transport | HMBZT 27,28, Willochra or Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
| Other Units Served With | NZ Engineers | ||
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| Last Unit Served With | NZ Engineers | ||
Military Awards
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| Service Medals | 1914-1915 Star, BWM, VM | ||
Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 9 June 1917 | Age | 28 |
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| Place of Death | Belgium | ||
| Cause | Died of wounds | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord, France | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Waimate First World War Memorial (as L Sinclair) | ||
Biographical Notes
son of James & Margaret McLean Stewart. Possible that father James Sinclair was Mayor of Waimate from 1889 to 1900. At some stage the family have moved to Dunedin. Another brother served Harry Wilkie Sinclair but survied and died in 1969. Medals sent to sister, Ada Jessie Alexandrina Sinclair also living in Dunedin
Sources
Auckland Cenotaph, CWGC, Historical BMD, PapersPast, NZ Archives War record
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Researched and Written by
Liz Shea (SC branch NZSG); Teresa Scott, South Canterbury Genealogy Society
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