James King

1885-1916

Portrait of James King

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.4

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1511

About

Born in New Zealand

30 December 1885
Residence

Hometown

Waimata
Work

Occupation

Labourer

Employer

Canterbury Farmers Coop
Personal Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

J. King

Army Experience

  • Denniston Rifle Volunteers

    13 years in New Zealand

  • 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 30

    15 August 1916

    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 101/0064590, Military Personnel File.

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

    Photograph

    Otago Witness, 13 September 1916.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “James King (1885-1916)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/452