Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Grave: | Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension | VI. C. 11. | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.124 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 54B GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Family :
Son of Thomas and Grace Hamilton, of Dumfriesshire, Scotland; husband of Elizabeth Hamilton, of Amberley, New Zealand.Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. |
| Action : The Final Advance in Picardy |
17 October - 11 November 1918. The final stage of the British advance saw them cross the Selle and the Sambre rivers as the relentless pressure was kept on the retreating Germans. By the 11th November 1918 the British army had returned to Mons, where it all started for them back in August 1914 when it made its first contact with the Germans, and where the war stopped when the Armistice was declared on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
Detail :
44107 Private James Hamilton, 1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force
See also: New Zealand War Graves Project and also the Auckland Museum Online Memorial.
Portrait image, showing heavy interference in the printing process is taken from the Free Lance of 31st October, 1918, which is also found at the Auckland Museum.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Amberley No. 2007 E.C. | New Zealand (South Island) |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
1st March 1909 | 5th April 1909 | 28th June 1909 |
Farm Manager, Waipara, (1909).
Lodge contribution record states “Died on W.S. [War Service] Novr [November] 1918”
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley