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James Horsfall

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 52), Page: 6 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 52), Page: 6 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James AWMM
  • Surname
    Horsfall AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 33882 AWMM
    • WWI 25/1129 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    4 May 1892 Military personnel file Petone, Wellington Military personnel file
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Pre Sep 1916 AWMM 171 Albert Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs Ada M. Horsfall (wife), 171 Albert Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Sep 1914 AWMM Married/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 33882 AWMM
    • WWI 25/1129 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 19 October 1915 Military personnel file
      Age 23 AWMM
      Rifleman Military personnel file A Company Military personnel file
    • WW1 19 September 1916 Military personnel file
      Age 24 AWMM
      Sugar worker/Civilian Military personnel file
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details
    WW1 21 Jan 1917-27 March 1917 Military personnel file to Plymouth, Devon Military personnel file

    HMNZT 74 Military personnel file Private Military personnel file
    2nd Embarkation AWMM

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
    • 1926 AWMMDied of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Carcinoma AWMM
    • Jun 1916 AWMMTattoos, WWI AWMM
      Right forearm and shoulder; left forearm AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Rose Flora Hephzibah (nee Walch) and James Horsfall (SA 7445 , WW1 13398). Husband of Ada Mary (nee Bishop), married 22 August 1914. Father of Mavis Hephzibah b. 1915.

    His father served in South Africa and also in WW1, he married twice. Brothers James (served in WW1 33882, 25/119) b 1892, and Clifford (Clifton) Ernest (served in WW1 90358) b 1894. Half brothers Robert Clive (served in WW2 27095) b 1905 and James Alexander (served in WW2 30671) b 1908. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    28 October 1926 Military personnel file
    Age 34 AWMM
    Timaru, Canterbury Military personnel file
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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