Sergeant

James Somerton

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of George and Selina Somerton. Also served at Gallipoli. Native of Oxfordshire, England.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
10/1343
Name:
James Somerton
Rank: 
Sergeant
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Miss Annie Somerton (sister), 317 Clifford Street, Gisborne, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Gisborne, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, Wellington Regiment, 1 Battalion, 9 (Hawkes Bay) Company

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of wounds
Date of Death:
03 August 1916
Day of Death:
Thursday
Age at Death: 
27
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
2nd Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
14 December 1914
Transport:

HMNZT 13
HMNZT 14
HMNZT 15
Vessel:
Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
I. E. 3.
Cemetery Location: 
France
James Somerton
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