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KANE, James Augustus
(Service number 28889)

Aliases	Death registration and urial as James Augustine KANE
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	6 August 1892	Place of Birth	Waikouaiti, Otago

Enlistment Information

Date	29 June 1916	Age	25 years
Address at Enlistment	Club Hotel, Timaru
Occupation	Farm hand
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Peter KANE (father), Merton, Waikouaiti, Otago; later of Evansdale, Otago
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 7 inches. Weight 158 lbs. Chest measurement 33-36 inches. Complexion dark, Eyes brown. Hair dark brown. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing and colour vision both good. Limbs well formed. Full and perfect movement of joints. Chest well formed. Heart and lungs normal. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Not vaccinated. Good bodily and mental health. No slight defects. No fits.

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	18th Reinforcements, J Company
Date	11 October 1916
Transport	Tofua
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western Front
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	14 November 1918	Age	25 years
Place of Death	Dunedin Hospital, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Cause	Died of sickness - influenza & heart failure
Notices	Otago Daily Times & Evening Star, 15 November 1918; Timaru Herald, 16 November 1918
Memorial or Cemetery	Hawksbury Cemetery, Waikouaiti, Otago
Memorial Reference	Block 4RC, Plot 32
New Zealand Memorials	Merton War Memorial

Biographical Notes

James Augustus KANE was born on 6 August 1892 at Waikouaiti, the seventh son of peter and Margaret (née MULHOLLAND) KANE of Evansdale, Otago. James enlisted on 29 June 1916 after undergoing the medical examination at Timaru. he was working as a farm hand for Dr Bowe, of Maryburn, Fairlie. James embarked on 10 January 1918 at Plymouth for the return to New Zealand, per the "Arawa". Three of his brothers also served in World War I - Daniel, Hugh and Joseph Constantine. A notice for James in the Timaru Herald advises hat at that time he had a brother living at St andrews and two others at Tekapo.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [18 January 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5541 0062460) [17 January 2016]; CWGC [17 January 2016]; Timaru Herald, 10 & 27 June 1916, 16 November 1918, Evening Star, 22 August 1917 [x 2], 7 March 1918, 15 November 1918 [x 2], Otago Daily Times, 15 November 1918 [x 2], 23 November 1918, 5 October 1920, Evening Post, 19 November 1918, Dominion, 21 November 1918 (Papers Past) [18 January 2016]; Hawksbury Cemetery, Waikouaiti, headstone transcription (South canterbury Branch NZSG cemetery records) [18 January 2016]

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