McCLAFFERTY, James
(Service number 12062)
| First Rank | Sapper | Last Rank | Sapper |
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Birth
| Date | 25/05/1884 | Place of Birth | Glasgow, Scotland |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | C/o Mrs Fulton, Church Street, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Carpenter | ||
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| Next of Kin | Mrs M. McCLAFFERTY (mother, Carstairs, Lanarkshire, Scotland; also W. CRANSTON (friend), Stafford Street, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 12th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Engineers, No. 2 Field Company | ||
| Date | 1 May 1916 | ||
| Transport | Ulimaroa | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | Engineers | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 28 March 1949 | Age | 65 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Timaru Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
James Luke McClafferty was born on 24 August 1894 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He married Joeina Horne Kearney in 1924. Their son, Sergeant John Horne mcClafferty of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, died in 1944. .
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [09 December 2016; Timaru Cemetery headstone images (Timaru District Library) [09 December 2016]
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