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James MacFarlane

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James AWMM
  • Surname
    MacFarlane AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 5/111A AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs. Bella MacFarlane (wife), Reynolds Settlement, Cambridge AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 5/111A AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 29 September 1914 Military Personnel File
    Age 32 AWMM
    Railway employee Military Personnel File
    England, United Kingdom Military Personnel File
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Other, WWI AWMM
    Nature of injury: Deaf rt. ear Pension: 15/- Percent: [Not stated] Source: New Zealand. Army (c.1920). A further list of the names of ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Attested in England AWMM
    • Born in May 1882
      Railway Worker
      Enlisted in London 29 September 1914
      Served with NZ Army Service Corp in Egypt and Gallipoli
      Discharged 9 February 1916 being medically unfit for active service (permanent deafness caused by gun explosion)
      Last rank Private
      Died at Cambridge New Zealand 16 December 1920 Public - Roger - Researcher - 27 October 2020 - Military Personnel File
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Death

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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

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Sources

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    Military Personnel File
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R10921661
    Sources Used
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    New Zealand. Army (c.1920). A further list of the names of ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% : compiled from returns supplied by the Commissioner of Pensions, in respect to: a) Permanent war pensions; and from returns supplied by the Director-General of Medical Services, regarding: b) discharged hospital patients; assessed as suffering permanent disability, and who are whilst in hospital, receiving full pensions. New Zealand. Director-General of Medical Services. AWMM

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27 October 2020RogerAuckland New ZealandResearcher

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