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James Grant

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  • Service number
    WWI 16/586 AWMM
  • Also known as
    James Tipuna Grant Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 April 2016 - Death Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 2nd & 9th NZ Maori Pioneer Battalions Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James AWMM
  • Surname
    Grant AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    James Tipuna Grant Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 April 2016 - Death Record
  • Service number
    WWI 16/586 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 April 2016 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    29 December 1896 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    29 December 1896 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 April 2016 - Military record
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Dan Grant (brother), Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs Jane Manuera (sister), Tokomaru Bay, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 18 September 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Egyptian, Western European - France & Belgium Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 2nd & 9th NZ Maori Pioneer Battalions Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Service number
    WWI 16/586 AWMM
  • Military service
    1915-1916 & 1917-1919 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    1915: Abt. 18-19yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 April 2016 - estimated

Embarkations

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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
    Nov 1915 Hospitalized at Cairo with Diarrhoea; 1916 Invalided Home with suspected Typhoid Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 April 2016 - Military Record

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 April 2016 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    28 May 1972 Public Source
  • Date of death
    28 May 1972 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 April 2016 - Military record & Hutt City Cemetery Records
  • Age at death
    89yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 April 2016 - Military record & Hutt City Cemetery Records
  • Place of death
    Lower Hutt, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 April 2016 - Military record & Hutt City Cemetery Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Taita Lawn Cemetery, Lower Hutt Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 April 2016 - Military record & Hutt City Cemetery Records
  • Grave reference
    RSA Soldiers Burial, Block 11, Row R, Plot 08 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 April 2016 - Military record & Hutt City Cemetery Records
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R16788073
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 277 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      68: 16 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM

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07 October 2022Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
05 April 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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