Cenotaph ID:
8764
Rank Last Held:
Captain
Forenames:
James Robert Ruston
Surname:
Leys
Serial Number:
15/557A|4/557
Enlistment Address:
19 Colombo Street, Wellington, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Clerk
Destination:
Suez, Egypt (3 December 1914)
Vessel:
Ulimaroa
Nominal Roll Number:
52
Page on Nominal Roll:
7
Date of Death:
17 April 1918
Location of Cemetery/Memorial:
France
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds
Cemetery Name:
Haringhe (Bandaghem) Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Grave Reference:
V.D. 21
Archives NZ Reference:
R10919438
Memorial Name:
Memorial plaque, Bank of New Zealand (Officers of the BNZ who laid down their lives in the Great War AD 1914-1919), BNZ Arcade, Wellington, New Zealand|Brooklyn War Memorial, Wellington, New Zealand
First Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Transport:
HMNZT 74
Marital Status:
Single
Last Unit Served:
Otago Infantry Regiment, 3 Battalion, Entrenching Company
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