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Cenotaph record

Māori

James Sines

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Image of gravestone at Karori Cemetery provided by Paul Baker December 2012 - No known copyright restrictions

Image of gravestone at Karori Cemetery provided by Paul Baker December 2012 - No known copyright res …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James AWMM
  • Surname
    Sines AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI L/15449 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
    Bricklayer/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • 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 L/15449 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
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • James Sines was English, and served with the Royal Field Artillery.

    He migrated to New Zealand around 1920.

    The gravestone indicates he served with the NZEF. He did not.

    A New Zealand soldier with service number 15449 was Claude Lawford Coe. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    13 August 1929 AWMM
    Age 40 AWMM
    Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM Soldiers, Plot 6 Z AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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