James Smith

1877-1944

Unit

5th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37655

About

Born in Scotland

22 September 1877
Parents

Mother

Mary Smith

Father

George Smith

Settled in New Zealand

1898
Live

Hometown

Arthurs Pass
Work

Occupation

Tunnel Foreman

Employer

Public Works Department
Life

Marital Status

Widower

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 67

11 December 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 W5553 42/0106603, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.62, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 40.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “James Smith (1877-1944)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/784