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CARMICHAEL, James Edward
(Service number 2/402)

Aliases
First Rank	Gunner	Last Rank	Sergeant

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Sawyers Bay, Dunedin
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	John Offen (grandfather), Mt Cargill, Dunedin
Religion
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	Field Artillery
Date
Transport
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	10 November 1917	Age	26
Place of Death	France
Cause	KIA
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials	2015 additions to the Tiimaru Memorial Wall

Biographical Notes

"Sergeant James Edward Carmichael, killed in action, was formerly a member of the Auckland City Fire Brigade. He was residing in Dunedin when he enlisted." (Auckland Weekly MNews, 8 Nov 1917, p22). Son of Sarah Wilson (formerly Carmichael), of Esk Valley, St Andrews, and the late James Carmichael.

Sources

Paul McNicholl's list of additional names for the Tiimaru Memorial Wall (August 2013)' Cenotaph Nov 2013

External Links

Researched and Written by

Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG & Timaru Herald

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