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HAMILTON, James
(Service number 68525)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	19/07/1878	Place of Birth	New Zealand

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	A. HAMILTON (brother), Gleniti, Timaru
Religion
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	41st Reinforcements G Company
Date	27 July 1918
Transport	Ulimaroa
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	London, England

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

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Death

Date	28 October 1952	Age	74 yrs
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section; Row 116; Plot 4
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Brother of Andrew HAMILTON, Gleniti. Son of Andrew & Christina (nee CHALMERS) HAMILTON.) Balloted September 1917. Farm labourer, of Gleniti, employed by his brother Andrew HAMILTON.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [13 October 2013]; Timaru Herald, 4 September 1917 & 7 Novem;ber 1917 (PapersPast) [23 October 2013]; TDC headstone image, Timaru Cemetery [23 October 2013]; ancestry.co.au [23 October 2013]

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