James Allan - New Zealand Tunnellers

Unit

3rd Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37463

About

Born in Scotland

23 June 1886

Parent

Mother

Margaret Allan

Residence

Hometown

Kaitangata

Work

Occupation

Coal-miner

Employer

New Zealand Coal & Oil Company

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 76

14 October 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 W5520 11/0007555, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.II, Roll No.45, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 35.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “James Allan (1886-1962)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, 2025 (2009), Accessed: 16 December 2025. URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/7