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James Joseph Ableson

1879-1958

Unit

5th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37639

About

Born in New Zealand

15 June 1879
Parents

Mother

Sarah Jane

Father

Abraham Ableson
Residence

Hometown

Ross
Work

Occupation

Gold-miner

Employer

Hokitika Lands Department
Personal Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

Elizabeth Jones

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 78

20 March 1958

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5520 2/0006640, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.62, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 39.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “James Joseph Ableson (1879-1958)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/2

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