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KING, James
(Service number 4/1511)

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First Rank Sapper Last Rank Sapper

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Mill Road, Waimate, New Zealand
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Married
Next of Kin Mrs J. King (wife), Mill Road, Waimate, New Zealand
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation Tunnelling Company
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Headquarters, No.4 Section
Date 18 December 1915
Transport Ruapehu
Embarked From Auckland, New Zealander Destination Plymouth, England
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With New Zealand Engineers

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 15 August 1916 Age 31
Place of Death Somme, France
Cause Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Roclincourt Valley cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials On Memorial wall, Timaru; St Augustine Church War memorial?

Biographical Notes

James King was the husband of Julia Francis King, of 4 Forth St., Dunedin West, New Zealand. native of Westland, New Zealand.

Sources

Cenotaph database (October 2014)

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Researched and Written by

Ann Munro, SC branch NZSG

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