Early Years
James Courtney was a son of John Courtney and Ellen Kane. He was born on 15 February 1888 at Timaru, in the South Island of New Zealand. Courtney moved to Auckland and he married Elizabeth Amy Cartwright in 1911, they had one daughter, Joyce Dean Courtney, who was born in 1921.
At the time of his marriage, Courtney was a constable at the Newton Police Station in Auckland and when he was called up for service he was a farmer at Mapiu, in the King Country of the North Island.
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