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MORTON, James
(Service number 7/743)

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank	Sergeant

Birth

Date	22/12/1885	Place of Birth	Leven, Fifeshire, Scotland

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Care of C. H. Verity, Craigmore (Craymore?) Downs, Canterbury
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	William MORTON, 2 Rose Cottages, Leven, Fifeshire, Scotland
Religion	Anglican
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	2nd Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date	14 December 1914
Transport	Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Mounted Rifles

Military Awards

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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	24 August 1937	Age	53 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 104, Plot 11
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

James Morton was born on 22 December 1885 at Leven, Fifeshire, Scotland. When he enlisted with the New Zealand forces, he was a farmer working for C. H. Verity at Craymore Downs, Canterbury.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [02 December 2016]

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