LORIMER, James Ramsay
(Service number 7/1093)
| First Rank | Last Rank | Trooper |
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Birth
| Date | 20 June 1881 | Place of Birth | Manchester, England |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Marston Road, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Fisherman | ||
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| Marital Status | Widowed | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs harlotte McAuleu (sister), 45 Storet Street, Paisley, Scotland | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 5th Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Mounted Rifles | ||
| Date | |||
| Transport | Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Mounted Rifles | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 28 June 1965 | Age | 84 years |
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| Cause | |||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Timaru Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
James Ramsay Lorimer was born in 1881 at Manchester, England. He had married Mary Watson McGarrilge in 1912 in New Zealand. It appears that Mary had died before James enlisted. He was living at the Beverley War Veterans Home when he died in 1965.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [29 December 2016]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [29 December 2016]
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