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James Dilworth Mossman

  • Service number
    • WWI 13/187B AWMM
    • WWI 13/1875 AWMM
  • Also known as
    James Dilworth Bradley Mossman AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • King Edward's Horse then transferred to 3rd Auckland Mounted Rifles Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 September 2015 - Military record
  • Last rank
    Trooper AWMM
    Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
    Trooper Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 September 2015 - Military record
  • Forenames
    James Dilworth AWMM
  • Surname
    Mossman AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    James Dilworth Bradley Mossman AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 13/187B AWMM
    • WWI 13/1875 AWMM
  • Gender
    • Male AWMM
    • Male Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 September 2015 - Military record
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    27 March 1894 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 September 2015 - Miltiary Record & Research
  • Place of birth
    Gisborne NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 September 2015 - Miltiary Record & Research
  • Birth notes
    Son of William John MOSSMAN & Marian Susan SPRIGGS Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 September 2015 - Miltiary Record & Research
  • Address before enlistment
    Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 September 2015 - Miltiary Record & Research
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    mother - Mrs Marion Mossman, Ellerslie, Auckland Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 September 2015 - Miltiary Record & Research
  • Relationship status
    single Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 September 2015 - Miltiary Record & Research

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    1914-1915 Star Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 September 2015 - Military Record

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Enlisted with King Edward's Horse in England then transferred to the Auckland Mounted Rifles when he Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 September 2015 - Auckland Grammar School pupils information
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Sheepfarmer Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 September 2015 - Miltiary Record & Research
  • Age on enlistment
    20 yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 September 2015 - Auckland Grammar School pupils information

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

Prisoner of war

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

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of W. J. and Marion Mossman.

    Attended Auckland Grammar School.

    Listed at Archives New Zealand as 13/187B and at CWGC as 13/1875 AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    19 May 1915 AWMM
    Age 21 AWMM
    Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Walker's Ridge Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey AWMM I. B. 8. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    • Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. 1915. AWMM
    • Much sympathy will he extended to the relatives of Trooper J. D. Mossman, who is reported as killed in action, in their double bereavement. It is only a few weeks since the death was reported from Egypt from diphtheria of Trooper T. H. Mossman, a brother of the soldier who has now fallen on the field of honor Trooper J. D. Mossman, who was in England when the British section of the N. Z. Expeditionary Force was organized, promptly joined that body and met his brother in Egypt. Both young men were highly esteemed, in the district, and the relatives in their sore trial will receive many warm expressions of sympathy. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 29 May 2023 - GISBORNE TIMES, VOLUME XXXIX, ISSUE 3955, 14 JUNE 1915, PAGE 4
  • Memorial name
    Gisborne's War Memorial Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 September 2015 - Research
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Auckland Grammar School War Memorial, New Zealand AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Roll of Honour

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  • Today I attended the 100 year commemorative ANZAC Service in Marlborough, where my thoughts turned to a lost generation of young men including my own Great Uncle James Dilworth Mossman who was killed in action on May 19th, 1915 at the battle of Gallipoli. You will never be forgotten. Paula Mossman
    Public - Peter - Other Relative - 25 April 2015
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  • I live in Ireland and James is a descendant of my family from County Tyrone. I grew up not knowing about him but was always interested in Gallipoli. Now I know why.
    Public - Sharon - Other Relative - 16 April 2015
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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School. AWMM
      Auckland Grammar School chronicle. 1915, Second term. p.15 AWMM
    • Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School. AWMM
      Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. 1915. AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 4: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Harper, G., Clements, C., & Johns., R. (2019). For King and Other Countries: The New Zealanders Who Fought in Other Services in the First World War. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press. AWMM
      p.39-41 AWMM
    • Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions. AWMM
    • Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM

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29 May 2023Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher
07 November 2021Ian Banks Taumarunui New ZealandResearcher
13 February 2019AllanRotoruaResearcher
24 September 2015Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher
25 April 2015PeterBlenheim, Marlborough New ZealandOther Relative

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