condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white

Cenotaph record

James Thomas Dalley

-
Lay a poppy
Name panel, Messines Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Belgium (photo B.G. Knights, 2009) - No known copyright restrictions

Name panel, Messines Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Belgium (photo B.G. Knights, 2009) - No known copyright …

Identity

About

Contribute ›
  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Thomas AWMM
  • Surname
    Dalley AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 27238 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Wesleyan, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

Contribute ›
  • Birth
    18 September 1893 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Oxford, Canterbury Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Nicholas Grose Dalley (father), New Zealand Railways, Oxford, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

Contribute ›
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • Messines AWMM
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 27238 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

Contribute ›

Training and Enlistment

Contribute ›
  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Bootmaker/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

Contribute ›

Prisoner of war

Contribute ›
  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

Contribute ›
  • Medical notes
    • Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 7.5" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      152 lb AWMM

Last known rank

Contribute ›

Biographical information

Biographical information

Contribute ›
  • James Dalley was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Groes Dalley, of 67 Byron St., Sydenham, Christchurch.

    New Zealand at the Front ( a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division) 1917 issue, page141.

    Embarked Wellington, 25 September 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 21 November 1916, and marched into Sling Camp.
    Reverted to Lance Corporal, 21 November 1916.
    Proceeded overseas to France, 9 December 1916; joined 2nd Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, in the field, 5 January 1917; relinquished rank of Temporary Lance Corporal, 5 January 1917.
    Killed in action, 7 June 1917.

    Commemorated on Addington Workshops Roll of Honour, Ferrymead, Christchurch. Parents: Mr & Mrs Nicholas Grose Dalley, 67 Byron Street, Sydenham, Christchurch AWMM
Read more

Death

About death

Contribute ›
  • Death
    7 June 1917 AWMM
    Belgium, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

Contribute ›
  • Memorial name
    • Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium AWMM
    • Railways Roll of Honour board. Wellington Railway Station, Pipitea, Wellington 6011. AWMM

Roll of Honour

Remember James Thomas Dalley by laying a poppy.

Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of James Thomas Dalley

Leave a note

Contribute ›

Sources

Sources

Contribute ›

Contributors

Command item
Command item
Add new record Refresh
DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
19 December 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
01 April 2017AllanRotoruaResearcher

The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.

Creative Commons LicenseOnline Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.