James Cameron Macfarlane

Forenames

James Cameron AWMM

Surname

Macfarlane AWMM

Service number

WWI 50223 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

28 May 1890 Public Source

Date of birth

28TH May 1890

Public - Lyn - Direct descendant - 18 July 2017 - Family records

Place of birth

Dunedin

Public - Lyn - Direct descendant - 18 July 2017 - Family records

Next of kin

Mrs J.C. Macfarlane (wife), 12 Duncan Street, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Grandaughter

Public - Lyn - Direct descendant - 18 July 2017 - Family

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 50223 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Letter carrier/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 24 Jul 1917-25 Sep 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 89 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Gunner/Military AWMM 28th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Gunner/Military AWMM
New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM

James Macfarlane was the son of James and Elsie Macfarlane; husband of Matilda Henrietta Macfarlane, of 65 Queen's Drive, Musselburgh, Dunedin, New Zealand. Native of Dunedin. AWMM

Death

• 22 Oct 1918 AWMM
  Age  27 AWMM
• 22 Oct 1918 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
  Age  27 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

• Belle Vue British Cemetery, Briastre, Nord, France AWMM D. 21. AWMM
• Andersons Bay RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block 22A, Plot 135 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10921663
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/531380/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/531380
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Information kindly provided by family
• This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Allan Steel Cemetery Project (2020)
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  69: 15
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 3: Includes portrait
• Byrne, J.R. (1922). New Zealand Artillery in the Field, 1914 - 18. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• HMNZT 89 - 1NZEF: 28th Reinforcements. (1917). Te kiwi: 28th Reinf. Cape Times Ltd