Left New Zealand 16th October 1914

Mrs Martha Jean Elmslie (wife), Blair Asher Street, Coogee, Sydney, Australia, also parents Peter & Anne Elmslie, Burwood, Sydney, Australia.

1914-1915 Star: British War Medal: Victory Medal; Gallipoli Medallion, m.i.d. Queens South Africa Medal & 5 Clasps, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901.

Killed in Action. Service in the South African War.

m.i.d. London Gazette 28th January 1916 (list death date). ELMSLIE, Major J McG, of Waverley, who has died of wounds, served in the South African war with the second NZ contingent and was the recipient of a medal with five clasps. He held the rank of captain at the time he offered his services with the expeditionary force and when Major CHISHOLM was invalided, Capt Elmslie was promoted to the rank of major. He was an old representative footballer. [AWN 26.08.1915]