James Hattersley Atkinson

Forenames

James Hattersley AWMM

Surname

Atkinson AWMM

Service number

2574 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Sheffield, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Atkinson (mother), Sheffield, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM

War

South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

2574 AWMM

Enlistment

South Africa Unknown AWMM Contractor/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

South Africa Vessel was Maori AWMM Trooper AWMM 14 Company, C Squadron, New Zealand Mounted Rifles AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 5th Contingent (New Zealand Imperial Bushmen) AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

South Africa Trooper AWMM
New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 5th Contingent (New Zealand Imperial Bushmen) AWMM

Atkinson was buried near Paardeburg, O.R.C., under trees in garden of Leeuwfontein Farm, about 5 miles south of drift.

Father was named Thomas Atkinson. AWMM

Death

29 Apr 1901 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Leeuwfontein Farm (about 5 miles south of drift), Paardeberg, Orange Free State, South Africa AWMM

Memorial name

• Ranfurly Veterans' Home, 539 Mount Albert Road, Three Kings, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, South African War Memorial 1899 - 1902 AWMM

Related objects

External links

New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/south-african-boer-war/introduction
Further Reference

References

• Stowers, R. (2002). Rough Riders at War: history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer war 1899-1902 and information on all members of the ten New Zealand contingents. Author: Hamilton, N.Z.
• Perham, F. (1959). The Kimberley Flying Column : being reminiscences of service in the South African War of 1899-1903. Timaru, N.Z.: Printers and Publishers.
  (DT 932 Per)
• Stowers, R. (1992). Kiwi versus Boer : the First New Zealand Mounted Rifles in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.
• Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand.
  p. 9.