James Joseph Ableson - New Zealand Tunnellers

Unit

5th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37639

About

Born in New Zealand

15 June 1879

Parents

Mother

Sarah Jane

Father

Abraham Ableson

Residence

Hometown

Ross

Work

Occupation

Gold-miner

Employer

Hokitika Lands Department

Personal Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

Elizabeth Jones

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

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British War Medal

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 78

20 March 1958

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 W5520 2/0006640, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.62, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 39.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “James Joseph Ableson (1879-1958)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, 2025 (2009), Accessed: 16 December 2025. URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/2