James Penrose

1876-1956

Unit

4th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37603

About

Born in England

13 April 1876
Parents

Mother

Mary Penrose

Father

James Penrose

Settled in New Zealand

1897
Residence

Hometown

Kumara
Work

Occupation

Gold-miner

Employer

J. H. McMahon
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

  • Royal Engineers

    United Kingdom

  • 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 80

    4 September 1956

    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 W5550 14/0091898, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.55, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 40.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “James Penrose (1876-1956)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/670