James Joseph Hanratty - New Zealand Tunnellers

Unit

Main Body (Section No.1)

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1270

About

Born in Ireland

28 August 1867

Parent

Mother

Maria Hanratty

Residence

Hometown

Auckland

Work

Occupation

Bushman

Employer

Chaplain Arding, Cape Runaway

Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

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 95

5 September 1962

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 W5539 78/0050216, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 2.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “James Joseph Hanratty (1867-1962)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, 2026 (2009), Accessed: 16 January 2026. URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/345