James Readshaw Smith

Forenames

James Readshaw AWMM

Surname

Smith AWMM

Service number

WWI 38762 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs M.S. Smith (wife), 25 Ireland Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 13 Feb 1917 AWMM Married AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 38762 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Railway Guard/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 13 Feb 1917-02 May 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 77 AWMM Vessel was Mokoia AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM 22nd Reinforcements, E Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Heart failure AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Warrant Officer Class 2 AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment AWMM

Son of James Redshaw Smith and Jamina Catherine Smith.

Served on the Western Front, 1917-1918.

Died of heart failure.

Next of Kin: Mrs M. S. Smith, Kingsland, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

10 Jul 1919 AWMM
Age  33 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium, Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Block C. Lot 86. Area 1. AWMM

Cemetery name

Waikaraka Park Cemetery

Public - David - Researcher - 17 May 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/james-readshaw-smith

Grave reference

Area 1, Block C, Grave 86.

Public - David - Researcher - 17 May 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/james-readshaw-smith

Memorial name

• Railways Roll of Honour board. Wellington Railway Station, Pipitea, Wellington 6011. AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7818974
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643036/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643036
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  55: 15
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• HMNZT 77 S.S. Mokoia - The nomad : unofficial organ of E., F. & G. Co...Z.E.F. (Troopship 77 (S.S. Mokoia) -- Souvenir edition -- Cape Town : 22nd Reinforcement Printed by Cape Times Ltd. : 1917