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PALMER, James Hicks
(Service number 52644)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	16/12/1890	Place of Birth	Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Temuka
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs M. PALMER (wife), Main North Road, 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	28th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Regiment, B Company
Date	24 July 1917
Transport	Waitemata
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
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Military Awards

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Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
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Discharge

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Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date	13 August 1970	Age	82 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 266, Plot 836
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

James Hicks Palmer was the son of Thomas and Jane Palmer. He was educated at the Temuka and Winchester schools. James married Agnes Maude (Maude) Wurm in 1916.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [25 March 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [25 March 2017]; Temuka Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [25 March 2017]

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