BOSTOCK, James Dundee
| Service Numbers: | 1109, 58200, Q123219 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 November 1914, 1st Reinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | Volunteer Defence Corps (SA) |
| Born: | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia , 3 July 1896 |
| Home Town: | Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer/Photographer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia , 15 August 1982, aged 86 years |
| Cemetery: |
Albany Creek Memorial Park-Cemetery & Crematorium, QLD |
| Memorials: | Department of Public Lands Brisbane Roll of Honour, Dulacca War Memorial, Ipswich Central Congregational Church Honour Board, Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall Great War |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1109, 9th Infantry Battalion, 1st Reinforcements | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1109, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1109, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 28 Jul 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1109, 9th Infantry Battalion, Gun shot wound to buttocks through to left thigh. | |
| 31 May 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, 1109, 9th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit. | |
| 15 Dec 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, Home Service , Australian Army Medical Corps | |
| 19 Apr 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 58200, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, Re-enlistment | |
| 6 May 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, Home Service , Discharge at own request. | |
| 4 Sep 1918: | Embarked Private, 58200, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, HMAT Bakara, Sydney | |
| 4 Sep 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 58200, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, HMAT Bakara A41, Sydney | |
| 4 Sep 1918: | Involvement Private, 58200, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Bakara embarkation_ship_number: A41 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 58200, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements | |
| 17 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 58200, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements |
World War 2 Service
| 22 Dec 1941: | Involvement Captain, Q123219, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA) | |
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| 22 Dec 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 22 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Q123219 | |
| 16 Apr 1945: | Discharged | |
| 16 Apr 1945: | Discharged Q123219 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Tim Hanna
By Brigadier Tim Hanna
James Dundee Bostock was born in Rockhampton, Queensland on 3 July 1896. He was an 18 year old farmer from the Experimental State Farm in Dulacca, Queensland when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 2 November 1914.
Bostock was allotted to the 9th Infantry Battalion, 1st Reinforcements, which embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles, on 22 December 1914. Bostock was subsequently transferred to A Company of the 9th Infantry Battalion.
On 25 April 1915 Bostock was a signaller in the first wave of Australians at the Gallipoli landing. He is credited as the second man to go ashore at the landing.
Bostock was wounded in action on 28 July 1915 and was evacuated to Malta and then England before being invalided to Australia on 17 March 1916. He was discharged medically unfit on 31 May 1916.
Still yearning to serve his country, Bostock re-enlisted seven months later for Home Service before taking up a call for recruits late in the war. On 19 April 1918 Bostock further re-enlisted into the Australian Imperial Force 6th (Queensland) Reinforcements. He deployed to Europe on HMAT A41 Bakara but arrived in England three days after the Armistice was declared on 11 November 1918.
After the Great War, Bostock returned to Australia on 15 May 1919 and was discharged on 17 July of that year.
Prior to deploying to Europe on 22 September 1918, on 22 August 1918 James Dundee Bostock married Cassie Mary Gertrude Chardon at Holy Cross church at Wooloowin in Brisbane. The couple had three children - Robert (1920), Gloria (1923) and Keith (1929).
James Bostock was awarded the 1914-1915 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
When the Second World War commenced Bostock re-enlisted once again and served from 1941 to 1945 reaching the rank of Captain.
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