James Williamson

1877-1956

Portrait of James Williamson

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.1

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1320

About

Born in New Zealand

21 July 1877
Residence

Hometown

Auckland
Work

Occupation

Road Contractor
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Military Medal ribbon

Military Medal
For bravery in the field.

Death

Died at the age of 79

24 July 1956

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 W5557 87/0123176, Military Personnel File.

London Gazette, 9 July 1919, p. 6844.

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

Photograph

Auckland War Memorial Museum, MS-2008-45.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “James Williamson (1877-1956)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/914