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Full Name
James Gordon May
Rank Last Held
Private
Forename(s)
James Gordon
Surname
May
War
World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.
42152
Place of Birth
Australia
First Known Rank
Private
Occupation before Enlistment
Railway employee
Next of Kin
Miss Eva McLaren (adopted sister), 57 Waitoa Road, Hataitai, Wellington, New Zealand
Body on Embarkation
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Unit
24th Reinforcements E Company
Embarkation Date
5 April 1917
Place of Embarkation
Wellington, New Zealand
Transport
HMNZT 81
Vessel
Devon
Destination
Devonport, England
Nominal Roll Footnotes
Born in Australia.
Nominal Roll Number
59
Page on Nominal Roll
15
Last Unit Served
Auckland Infantry Regiment
Place of Death
Belgium
Date of Death
21 October 1917
Year of Death
1917
Cause of Death
Died of disease
Description of Image
Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918
Archives NZ source
Military personnel file
Sources Used
Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1918