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JAMES, Oliver William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1381 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 October 1914, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wickham, near Newcastle, NSW, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Wickham, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Naremburn Public School |
| Occupation: | Horse Driver |
| Died: | Illness (Pneumonia), Rouen Field Hospital, Rouen, France, Belgium, 24 July 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Block P II E 4A, St Sever Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France, Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 26 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1381, 4th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 11 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1381, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1381, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Melbourne | |
| 24 Jul 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 1381, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1381 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-07-24 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Thomas and Mary JAMES (stepmother), "Sebastopol", Central Street, Crow's Nest, Sydney
Lance-corporal Oliver William James has died of pneumonia in France. He was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. T. James, Central-street Naremburn, and enlisted in October. 1914. He was at the landing on Gallipoli, and was Invalided home after being buried with seven comrades at Lone Pine. He left Australia again in November, 1916. and was at Bullecourt. Two brothers are serving with the A.I.F.
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