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James Swale

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Born at Limehills, Southland.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"Rarely does a newspaper answer its own advertisement, but for the querulous "Sydney Morning Herald" is reserved this uncommon distinction. In it's issue of Monday, April 8, the "Personal and Missing Friends" column contained an advertisement running: Tpr. James Swale, New Zealand forces, left Garrison Hospital Wednesday last, or anyone knowing whereabouts, left arm amputated below elbow, kindly communicate Tpr. Terrill, Forbes-street, Redfern. And in another column in the same issue was a paragraph stating: The body of a man, subsequently identified as James Swale, aged 29, a. member of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, was found floating in a duck-pond at Centennial Park. A few weeks ago Swale met with a train accident at Liverpool which necessitated the amputation of an arm."

[NZ Truth, Issue 671, 27 April 1918, Page 4]

 

His service record states that the coroner, in Australia, found that his death was  "wilfully caused". 

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Casualty

Service Number: 
54168
Name:
James Swale
Rank: 
Trooper
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
William Swale (brother), Limehills, Southland, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Occupation on Enlistment:
Farmer
Unit:
NZEF, 36th Reinforcements

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Murdered
Date of Death:
07 April 1918
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
40
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
21 February 1918
Transport:
Moeraki 21 February 1918
Vessel:
Moeraki
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Winton Cemetery
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
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