Wellington Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force (New Zealand Army)
Date Of Birth:
04/01/1881
Died:
18/12/1918 (Died of Illness)
Age:
37
Summary
James Montgomery Gilmour was the son of Rev. George James and Agnes Gilmour. James Gilmour was born on 4th January 1881 in Boveedy, west of Kilrea in County Derry, Ireland. He was a New Zealand rugby league footballer for a time. He worked as a labourer before enlisting in Wellington. Private James Montgomery Gilmour was serving with the Wellington Regiment when he took ill in England. He was admitted to Tidworth Hospital on 15th December with a severe attack of influenza. Four days after admission he developed pneumonia. Private James Montgomery Gilmour died of pneumonia at Tidworth Hospital, Wiltshire, England on 18th December 1918.
Further Information
James Montgomery Gilmour was the son of Rev. James and Agnes Gilmour.
James Gilmour was born on 4th January 1881 in Boveedy, west of Kilrea in County Derry, Ireland.
He was a New Zealand rugby league footballer of the 1910s, playing at representative level for New Zealand and Wellington as a Centre.
Jim moved to Australia in 1911, playing for North Sydney alongside until heading north to play for Queensland. Gilmour played all three matches against the touring New South Wales.
Prior to enlisting, Jim Gilmour was working as a labourer. He was living in Taita, Lower Hutt. Taita is one of the easternmost suburbs of the city of Lower Hutt in New Zealand. Lower Hutt lies just north of Wellington near the southern tip of the Northern Island.
James Montgomery Gilmour enlisted in Wellington on 25th October 1917.
Private Gilmour sailed from New Zealand with the 43rd reinforcements on 17th August 1918.
Private James Montgomery Gilmour was serving with the Wellington Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, when he took ill in England.
He was admitted to Tidworth Hospital on 15th December with a severe attack of influenza. Four days after admission he developed pneumonia.
Private James Montgomery Gilmour died of pneumonia at Tidworth Hospital, Wiltshire, England on 18th December 1918.
Private James Montgomery Gilmour was buried at Tidworth Military Cemetery.
At the time of his death, his father, Rev George J Gilmour, was living at the Unlimited Free Church Manse, Longtown, Cumberland, England.
His military records list his brother George Gilmour living at 444 Adelaide Road, Wellington South. His sister, Miss J M Gilmour, was living at Well Brae, Strathaven, Scotland.
The CWGC records Private James Montgomery Gilmour as the son of the Rev. James and Agnes Gilmour of Boveedy, Kilrea, County Derry, Ireland.
