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Serjeant JAMES RANKIN

Service Number: 2/1252
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Field Artillery

Date of Death

Died 20 September 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

THISTLE DUMP CEMETERY, HIGH WOOD, LONGUEVAL

C. 24.

France

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Awards Distinguished Conduct Medal
  • Additional Info Son of John and Margaret Rankin, of Normanby Rd., Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand. Also served at Gallipoli.
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Buried or commemorated at

THISTLE DUMP CEMETERY, HIGH WOOD, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 203
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