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ANSELL, James Broughton
(Service number 11/493)

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank

Birth

Date	01/04/1893	Place of Birth	Waimate

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Raetihi
Occupation	Bricklayer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs A. HEBBEND, Main Street, Ohakune
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Wellington Mounted Rifles
Date	16 October 1914
Transport	Orari or Arawa
Embarked From		Destination

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

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	9 August 1973	Age	80 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Hamilton Park Cemetery, Newstead
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

James Broughton Ansell was the fifth son of James broughton and Rachel (née Crowther). He was educated at Fernridge School, Masterton. James married Joyce. His brother George Ansell also served in World War I.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [13 April 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [13 April 2019]; Hamilton Park Cemetery record [13 April 2019]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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