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KING, James
(Service number 27304)

Aliases
First Rank		Last Rank

Birth

Date	22/09/1886	Place of Birth	Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Maude Street, Temuka
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs Ann KING (mother), Maude Street, Temuka
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	17th Reinforcements, J Company
Date	25 September 1916
Transport	Devon
Embarked From		Destination	Devonport, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

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

Lost right leg

Post-war Occupations

Bootmaker

Death

Date	28 June 1966	Age	80 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 261, Plot 20
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

James King was the son of Daniel and Ann (Annie, née Beard) King, and a brother of Frank Erny King who also served in World War One.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [24 March 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [24 March 2017]; Temuka Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [24 March 2017]

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