James Shea

1877-1962

Unit

1st Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1636

About

Born in Australia

28 May 1877
Parent

Mother

Mary Shea
Residence

Hometown

Matata
Work

Occupation

Engine-Driver
Personal 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 85

10 August 1962

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 W5553 13/0103797, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 8.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “James Shea (1877-1962)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/768