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BAVERSTOCK, James Henry
| Service Number: | 436 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 July 1915, at Keswick |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 25 April 1888 |
| Home Town: | Rosewater (Greytown), Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storeman / Ironworker |
| Died: | Daw Park, South Australia, 8 March 1965, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia Section T Drive D Path 5 (16) Site 132S |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 436, 32nd Infantry Battalion, at Keswick | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 436, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 436, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 436, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), GSW wrist | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 436, 32nd Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
| 29 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA |
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Son of James BAVERSTOCK and Maria nee LYNCH
Biography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School
James Henry Baverstock was born in Adelaide on the 25 April 1888. He was born in the suburb of Alberton to mother Maria Nee Lynch and Father James Baverstock. He later lived at 36 Brown Street in the suburb of Rosewater with his wife and two children. Before the Great War, his occupation was an ironworker in Adelaide.
On the 15 July 1915, Baverstock enlisted in the army in Adelaide. He was 27 years and 2 months old. He was 5 foot 7 had a medium complexion brown hair and brown eyes as listed in his service record. Baverstock’s regimental number was 436.
Baverstock embarked from Adelaide on the 18 November 1915 and landed in Gaza Egypt on the HMAT Geelong from there he and the 32nd Battalion took a train to the Suez Canal. He waas appointed as a Lance Corporal 12th Februaru 1916. He was then shipped to the Western Front disembarking at Marseilles 23rd June 1916. On the 19 July 1916, Baverstock was wounded in action from a gunshot to the left wrist during the Battle of Fromelle. He was transferred to the ambulance train and on the 13th August, he was discharged from the hospital. In December 1916 he spent a couple of weeks in hospital due to haemorrhoids. He was promoted to Sergeant 26th April 1917. Baverstock was sent to the 8th Training Battalion 28th May 1917 and then transferred 15th July 1917 to be the Sergeant at the Bombardier School at Lyndhurst in the UK. He completed a training course in September 1917 and qualified as an instructor and in November was attached to the 15th Training Battalion at Godford for duty. He spent a week in hospital in December for an unspecified illness.
On the 2 May 1918, Baverstock was put on trial for drunkenness on duty but was found not guilty.
On the 29 September 1918, Baverstock was wounded in action again from a gunshot wound sustained to the left elbow and his face he was transferred to the train ambulance to Casualty Clearing Station and then on to hospital in Rouen and then to England, spending a couple of weeks at the 3rd Auxillary Hospital in Manchester. afert a short period of furlough to assist with his recovery he marched in to the No 1 Command Depot. Baverstock was hospitalised again ifrom 19th November 1918 to 5th January 1919with an infection
Baverstock returned to Australia on the HT Ascanius on the 9 of February 1919. A couple of months later, he was discharged from the army on the 20 May 1919.
Cecelia died on the 29 November 1957 at the age of 70. Baverstock passed on the 8 March 1965. The two are buried together at the Cheltenham Cemetery on Port Road.
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