TALBOT, James Clive
| Service Number: | 1350 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 April 1915, Birregurra, D Company |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF |
| Born: | Birregurra, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Birregurra, Colac-Otway, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Church of England Grammar School, Geelong, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 22 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Ypres Reservoir Cemetery Plot I, Row E, Grave 9 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Birregurra & District Residents Roll of Honor, Birregurra Christ Church Anglican Church Honor Roll, Birregurra Christ Church Anglican Church Memorial Window, Birregurra State School Roll of Honor, Birregurra War Memorial, Yeodene Yeo District Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1350, 24th Infantry Battalion, Birregurra, D Company | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1350, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1350, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 18 Jun 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF | |
| 22 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 1350, 2nd Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1350 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Division Trench Mortars awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-09-22 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
James Clive TALBOT was born at Birregurra, Victoria in 1895
His parents were James Robert TALBOT & Charlotte "Lottie" Dora BOUND who married in Victoria in 1893 - he had one sister (Hilda Annie)
He had previously served in the 20th Light Horse Regiment in the Citizens Military Forces in Colac, Victoria before he enlisted on 2nd April, 1915 as a Private with the 24th Infantry Battalion, D Company which embarked from Melbourne on the HMAT Euripides on 10th May, 1915
He was with the 24th Battalion from 13th April, 1915 to 10th June, 1916 & served at Gallipoli & the Western Front & was transferred to the 2nd Trench Mortar Battery on 11th June, 1916 until 17th June, 1916 - he was then transferred to the 2nd Division Heavy Trench Mortar Battery on 18th June, 1916
James was Killed in Action in Belgium on 22nd September, 1917 during the 3rd Battle of Ypres and is buried in the Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Plot I, Row E, grave 9
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and his parents placed a blackwood pulpit at the Birregurra Church of England in memory of their son. It is inscribed
"In loving memory of our beloved son and brother, James Clive Talbot, killed in action September 22nd, 1917 aged 22 years
He has fought a good fight, he has finished his work, he has kept the faith"
His name is also on a memorial window at the Christ Church in Birregurra
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Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal
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