MORRISON, James
(Service number 7/1870)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank | Lance Corporal |
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Birth
| Date | 12 June 1890 | Place of Birth | Orari |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 25 August 1915 | Age | |
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| Address at Enlistment | Waihao Downs, New Zealand | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Alexander Morrison (father), Albury, South Canterbury | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | Canterbury Mounted Rifles | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 8th Reinforcements | ||
| Date | 13 November 1915 | ||
| Transport | HMNZT 35 Willochra or HMNZT 36 Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Suez, Egypt (disembarked 20 December 1915) |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Mounted Rifles | ||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | Egyptian 1915-1916, Egyptian Expeditionary Force 1916-1918 | ||
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| Service Medals | 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal | ||
Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 30 March 1918 | Age | 27 |
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| Place of Death | Amman, Palestine | ||
| Cause | Killed in Action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Jerusalem Memorial, Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Albury War MemorialMemorial; Geraldine War Memorial?; Waimate First World War Memorial?; Fairlie War Memorial | ||
Biographical Notes
James, born in Orari, had moved to Albury in 1903, but was farming at Waihaorunga, near Waimate, by the time he enlisted.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database, August 2013, CWGC; SCRoll submission, 16 Septemebr 2015
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