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WATERS, James
(Service number 23/1865)

Aliases
First Rank Lance Corporal Last Rank Lance Corporal

Birth

Date 30/06/1890 Place of Birth Geraldine

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Pukearuhe
Occupation Cheesemaker
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin Mrs W. WATERS (mother), Geraldine
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 Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 3rd Reinforcements, 1st Battalion, E Company
Date 8 January 1916
Transport Tahiti or Warrimoo
Embarked From Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With Canterbury Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns
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

Public servant

Death

Date 10 August 1973 Age 83 years
Place of Death New Plymouth
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth
Memorial Reference Services Area, Block E, Plot 207
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

James Waters was the seventh son of William and Frances Sophia (née Giles) Waters. J. Waters, 23/1865, returned home with Draft 191 of invalided soldiers by the “Remuera”, embarking at Liverpool on 7 September 1918 and arriving on 23 October. An older brother George William Waters was killed in action in 1918 in France. His younger brother Leonard Albert Waters also served in World War I.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [08 March 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [08 March 2020]; Te Henui Cemetery burial record (New Plymouth District Council) [08 March 2020]; Evening Post, 14 October 1918, Sun, 14 October 1918 (Papers Past) [03 March 2020]

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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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