James Baxter Ker

1882-1960

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.4

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1519

About

Born in New Zealand

4 May 1882
Live

Hometown

Christchurch
Work

Occupation

Miner

Employer

Christchurch Tramway Board
Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

Margaret Ker

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 78

13 September 1960

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 W5541 94/0063878, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 5.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “James Baxter Ker (1882-1960)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/446