Notes
James McWilliam was born on 29 April 1892 and following his emigration enlisted at New Zealand on 11 January 1915, he had been employed as a Farm Labourer at that time. His address was given as Wallacetown, Invercargill, South Island, New Zealand. On enlistment, he joined the Otago Regiment, moving onto the Divisional Train as a driver on the 5 April 1915, The Train provided horse-drawn transport for the formation known as a Division. It usually comprised a small Train Headquarters, one Headquarters Company, three other Horse Transport Companies and a contingent of other troops (known as Army Troops), all of the Army Service Corps. On the 29 March 1916 he was posted to the 2nd Wellington Regiment.
His embarkation is shown as 14 February 1915 to 26 March 1915 from Wellington, New Zealand to Suez, Egypt onboard HMNZT 17, 18 or 19, vessel was Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima. He served in the Egyptian Theatre of War from 27 March 1915 and sometime in 1916 was posted to Western Europe.
James was injured on the 15 September 1916 and he was to die from these wounds on the 21 September 1916 and buried at Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L’Abbe, Somme, France.