James Ernest YATES

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Service Number:	320
Enlisted:	3 January 1916, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	41st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Townsville, Queensland, 15 April 1893
Home Town:	Townsville, Townsville, Queensland
Schooling:	Mundingburra State School, Queensland
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 1 August 1917, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium Plot 11, Row F, Grave 19 Headstone inscription reads:-His actions speak, his voice is still,forget him no we never will
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 41st Battalion Roll of Honour, Townsville Cenotaph

3 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 320, 41st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD
18 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 320, 41st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
18 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 320, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
25 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 320, 41st Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wound to the hand

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Son of James Yates and Ellen Elizabeth Tobin formerly Yates nee Robinson of Aitkenvale, Townsville, QLD

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal