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KARTON, James Angus
(Service number 70943)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	25/07/1893	Place of Birth	Melbourne, Australia

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	17 Buchanan Street, Timaru
Occupation	Salesman
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs Magdalene KARTON (mother), 17 Buchanan Street, Timaru
Religion	Church of England
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	37th Reinforcements, Specialists Company
Date	16 May 1918
Transport	Ionic
Embarked From		Destination	London, England

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Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

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Death

Date	8 August 1947	Age	54 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Cremated Waimkumete, Auckland
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

James Angus Karton was the son of Francis (Frank) Thomas and Magadalene (Maggie, née Angus)) Karton, and a brother of Cyril Norman Karton, George Francis Karton and Thomas Karton who all served in World War One.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [04 November 2016[

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