This attestation certificate completed on 27 February 1917 contains the following details:
| 1. What is your name? | James Aloysius Devons |
| 2. Where were you born? | Lanarkshire Scotland |
| 3. Are you a British subject? | Yes |
| 4. What is the date of your birth? | 17/1/97 |
| 5. What are the names of your parents? | Father: Patrick Devons Mother: Katherine Devons |
| 6. Where were your parents born? | Father: Newry, Ireland Mother: Scotland |
| 7. If your parents are of alien origin, when and where were they naturalized? | |
| 8. How long have you been resident in new Zealand? | 2 years |
| 9. How long have your parents been resident in New Zealand? | Father: Never Mother: Never |
| 10. What is your trade or calling? | Storeman |
| 11. Are you an indentured apprentice? If so where, and to whom? | No |
| 12. What was the address at which you resided? | 33 Owen St Newtown Wgtn, N.Z. |
| 13. Have you passed the Fourth Educational Standard or its equivalent | Yes |
| 14. What is the name and address of your present or last employer? | Dunlop Rubber Co Wgtn, N.Z. |
| 15. Are you single, married, widowed, divorced, or legally separated | Single |
| 16. If married, widowed, divorced, or legally separated from your wife, how many children under sixteen years of age have you? | ------ |
| 17. If single, how many people are absolutely dependent on you? | None |
| 18. Have you ever been sentenced to imprisonment by the Civil power? If so, when and where? | No |
| 19. Do you now belong to any Military or Naval Force? If so, to what corps? | No |
| 20. Have you ever served in any Military or Naval Force? If so, state which and cause of discharge. | No |
| 21. Have you truly stated the whole (if any) of your previous service? | Yes |
| 22. Have you ever been medically examined for service with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. If so, when and where? | No |
| 23. Have you been registered for compulsory military training under the Defence Act, 1909. Is so, where? | No |
| 24. Have you ever been rejected as unfit for the Military or Naval Forces of the Crown? Is so, on what grounds? | No |
| 25. Are you willing to be vaccinated or revaccinated or innoculated? | - |
| 26. Are you willing to serve in the New Zealand Expeitionary Force in or beyond the Dominion of New Zealand for the duration of the present war with Germany and six months thereafter, if your service is so long required? | |
| 27. For which Reinforcement draft do you volunteer? |
