James McVeigh

1884-1944

Unit

3rd Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37542

About

Born in Ireland

21 January 1884
Parents

Mother

Mose McVeigh

Father

Hugh McVeigh

Settled in New Zealand

1909
Live

Hometown

Otira
Work

Occupation

Miner
Life

Marital Status

Single

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 59

18 January 1944

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 W5544 102/0076628, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.II, Roll No.45, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 36.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “James McVeigh (1884-1944)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/567