MOSS James Clarence
10/2250 Sergeant, Wellington Infantry Regiment, WW1
14065 Legion of Frontiersmen, New Zealand
CITATION
Military Medal
Gazetted 17 December 1917, p13201
East of Ypres on the 4th October 1917 this NCO displayed the very greatest bravery and the utmost devotion to duty. He led his Platoon in a most skilful and determined manner, and throughout the advance and during the consolidation of the objective he displayed the greatest contempt for danger, walking up and down the trench under skellfire and organising and conducting the consolidation. his outstanding courage and great devotion to duty were an extraordinary incentive to his men.
AWARDS
Military Medal
1915 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal
NOTES
Born 11 February 1891 Liverpool, England
Died 26 February 1973 Auckland, New Zealand
Buried Pukekohe Cemetery [Wesleyan Area, Row T, Plot 041]
