James Gordon

Forenames

James AWMM

Surname

Gordon AWMM

Service number

WWI 69787 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs L. Gordon (mother), 2 Stonenest Street, Tollington Park, London, England AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 69787 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 08 Feb 1918-29 Mar 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 100 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa AWMM Private AWMM 34th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

James Gordon was the son of Mrs. Louisa Gordon, of 2 Stonenest St., Tollington Park, London, England.

Next of Kin: Mrs L. Gordon, Tollington Park, London (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

1 Oct 1918 AWMM
Age  29 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Villers Hill British Cemetery, Villers-Guislain, Nord, France AWMM II. D. 16. AWMM

Memorial name

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/R16787325
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/246533/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/246533
  Further Reference

References

• Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  78: 11
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• HMNZT 100. The link [1918]. Printed by W.H. Smith & Son: London. Magazine of troops on board H.M.N.Z.T. No. 100, 'Ulimaroa'.