James Smith

1881-1937

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.4

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1547

About

Born in New Zealand

3 April 1881
Residence

Hometown

Barrytown
Work

Occupation

Labourer

Employer

Dennehy Bros, Barrytown
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

  • Timaru City Rifles

    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 55

    17 February 1937

    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 42/0106613, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 6.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “James Smith (1881-1937)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/785