Trooper

James Thomas Irwin

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Mounted Machine Gun Sqdn. Son of Henry and Elizabeth Irwin (nee Whitfield); husband of Sarah Ann Irwin (nee Dennis), of 43, Clarendon Terrace, Radley, Woolston, Christchurch. Born at Opawa, Christchurch. Served in Egypt and Palestine, 1917-18.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
50062
Name:
James Thomas Irwin
Rank: 
Trooper
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs A. Irwin (wife), care of Mrs Holboro, 26 Telford Street, Woolston, Christchurch, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Occupation on Enlistment:
Farmer
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
29th Reinforcements, New Zealand Mounted Machine Gun Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Not known
Date of Death:
25 January 1920
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
32
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
13 November 1917
Transport:
HMNZT 98
Vessel:
Tofua
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Grave No. 243. C.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
James Thomas Irwin
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