VALENTINE, James Jefcoate
(Service number 29705)
| First Rank | Sergeant Major | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 13 September 1895 | Place of Birth | Balclutha |
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Enlistment Information
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| Occupation | Student | ||
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| Next of Kin | James Archibald VALENTINE (father), Inspector of Schools, Westland | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 21st Reinforcements, Specialists Company, Machine-Gun Section | ||
| Date | 21 January 1917 | ||
| Transport | Ulimaroa | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Plymouth, Devon, England | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 3 May 1966 | Age | 70 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Cremated Purewa, Auckland | ||
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Biographical Notes
James Jefcoate Valentine was the second son of James (Jim) Archibald and Helen (née Jefcoate) Valentine. He was educated at Timaru South School where his father was a teacher (headmaster?), before going on to Timaru Boys High School. James was successful in the Junior Scholarship Examination. He married Mary Evelyn Duke on 29 November 1922 at Dunedin. His brother Archibald Graham Valentine also served in World War I.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [05 October 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [05 October 2019]; School Admission records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [10 October 2019]; Purewa Cremation records [10 October 2019]
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