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James Douglas Smith

1879-1920

Unit

Main Body (Section No.4)

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1548

About

Born in New Zealand

2 August 1879
Residence

Hometown

Queenstown
Work

Occupation

Miner

Employer

John Thompson Eng. Mine owner
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

  • Wakatihui Mounted Rifles

    3 years in New Zealand

    • World War I (1914-1918)

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    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Death

    Died at the age of 41

    3 September 1920

    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 W5562 186/0134035, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 6.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “James Douglas Smith (1879-1920)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, 2026 (2009), Accessed: 16 January 2026. URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/786

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