Corporal

James McLaren

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of the late James McLaren.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

James McLaren born on the 28th of May 1887 to James and Eliza McLaren at West Taieri, Otago, New Zealand. At age 30 he was killed at Passchendaele in Belgium on the 1st of October 1917. On the news o... Read More

Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
811788
Name:
James McLaren
Rank: 
Corporal
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
J. McLaren (father), care of Mrs Russell, Green Street, Ashburton, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Maungatara, Otago, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, Otago Regiment, 1 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
01 October 1917
Day of Death:
Monday
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
4th Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
17 April 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 21
HMNZT 22
HMNZT 23
Vessel:
Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
XXXIV. D. 9.
Cemetery Location: 
Belgium
James McLaren
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