LARRITT, James Francis
| Service Number: | 4503 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, August 1885 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Annandale, New South Wales, Australia, 26 January 1959, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 2-142. 24. |
| Memorials: | Newcastle Wharf Labourers Union Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4503, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 15 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4503, 3rd Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney | |
| 15 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4503, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 3 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4503, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), 1st Passchendaele, SW to head | |
| 5 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4503, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), German Spring Offensive 1918, GSW to left forearm | |
| 3 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4503, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), 2nd MD, Medically unfit, wounded twice in action |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War.
62 years ago today, on the 28th January 1959, Private James Francis Larritt, 45th Battalion (Reg No-4503), wharf labourer from 32 Bolton Street, Newcastle, New South Wales and 25 Queen Street, Cooks Hill, N.S.W. and 179 King Street, Newcastle, N.S.W. and 90 Annandale Street, Annandale, N.S.W. and 392 Young Street, Annandale, N.S.W., father of four (James, buried Sandgate Cemetery 25.3.1929 as LARRETT, Lily, Robert Francis, Mary Rose), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, aged about 76. ANGLICAN 2-142. 24.
Born at Wollongong, New South Wales about 1883 to Phillip and Rose M Larritt nee Taylor; husband of Lily (Lillian) Larritt nee Ingham (born 1887, married 1910, New Lambton, N.S.W., died 1979), James enlisted September 1915 with the 3rd Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 23.11.1916 (trench feet, severe), and wounded in action - 11.10.1917 (SW head), 5.4.1918 (GSW left forearm), James returned home invalided May 1919, being discharged on the 27th June 1919.
Mr Larritt’s name has been inscribed on the Newcastle Wharf Labourers' Union Roll of Honor (photo, unveiled date unknown, 70 names inscribed, only 3 marked as Fallen, was on display at the Maritime Museum at Lee Wharf, Newcastle, location now Carrington?
James is resting at a clearly defined gravesite, but unfortunately his headstone is missing, and I am unable to erect a wooden cross, so I have placed poppies in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King and Country.
Many thanks to Michelle Foster for the extensive family history research.
Lest We Forget.
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