TENNANT, James Wallace
(Service number 6/4362)
| First Rank | Lance Corporal | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 17/09/1895 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Wai-iti road | ||
| Occupation | Clerk | ||
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| Next of Kin | George TENNANT (father), care of Evans and Co., 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 | 11th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company | ||
| Date | 1 April 1916 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti or Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 29 March 1971 | Age | 75 years |
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| Cause | |||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Cremated Timaru | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
James Wallace Tennant was the son of George and Annie Wallace (née Cochrane) Tennant. His brother Charles Tennant died of influenza in 1918 at sea on a troopship on his way to the Front. And his brother John also served in World War One.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [04 January 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [04 January 2017]; New Zealand Herald, 13 April 1918 (Papers Past) [31 December 2016]
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