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PATRICK, James Holmes Henry
(Service number 7/99)

Geraldine Men for Europe — Pictured are (from left to right) BACK ROW: Benjamin Edwards, James Patrick, Hamilton Elmslie, Anthony Johnstone, Herbert Millar, Edward Templer, Herbert Campbell; FRONT ROW: David Devon, Thomas Squire, John Howard, John Kennedy (Mayor), Leonard Mason, William Davis, William Scott (South Canterbury Museum 1574)

James Patrick — A short biography presented in an interactive within the exhibition "1914: South Canterbury on the Eve of War", exhibited from 5 August to 23 November (South Canterbury Museum )

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank	Trooper

Birth

Date	06/01/1892	Place of Birth	Geraldine

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Care of Mrs McLeod, Rakipaka, Geraldine, New Zealand
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	George Henry Patrick, Campbell Street, Geraldine, New Zealand
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date	16 October 1914
Transport	Tahiti or Athenic
Embarked From	Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Mounted Rifles

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	28 August 1915	Age	23
Place of Death	Gallipoli, Turkey
Cause	Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Hill 60 (New Zealand) Memorial, Hill 60 Cemetery, Turkey
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine Church Memorial (as J H Patrick); Geraldine War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Son of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Patrick, of Campbell St., Geraldine, Timaru.

Sources

April Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [28 Dec 2013]; Military Record - Archives New Zealand, Wellington Office Item ID R20799405; Probate held at Archives New Zealand, Christchurch Office Item ID R21844937; SCRoll web submission by A Munro, 28 April 2025; "Tpr. James Holmes Henry Patrick" on Find a Grave at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56141341/james-holmes_henry-patrick [Accessed April 2015]; Portriat printed in Otago Witness 17th November 1915, p39

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Researched and Written by

John Sutherland, SC branch NZSG

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