James WINNING

WINNING, James

Service Number: 1671
Enlisted: 13 January 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 11th Infantry Battalion
Born: Glasgow, Scotland, 1894
Home Town: Bedfordale, Armadale, Western Australia
Schooling: Grove Academy, Broughty Ferry, Scotland
Occupation: Orchardist
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
Cemetery: Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula
Plot 11, Row I, Grave 24 Chaplain T.G. Robertson officiated Headstone inscription reads: Jesu, Refugium Meum Resurgam, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Armadale Bedfordale Roll of Honour, Armadale Roll of Honor, Armadale War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

13 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1671, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Perth, WA
22 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 1671, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
22 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 1671, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Fremantle

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Douglas C.W. and Isabella D. Winning of 'Dunkeld', Bedfordale, WA

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Australian Infantry-11 Battalion, 'D' Squadron.

Date of enlistment: 13.01.1915
Place of enlistment: Perth, Australia.

James was a former pupil of Grove Academy, Broughty Ferry and is remembered on the school’s war memorial. The family resided at 78 Monifieth Rd, Broughty Ferry.

Dundee paid a high price for her war efforts. By the armistice, over 4,000 men and several women had made the ultimate sacrifice. Their names are recorded in the city’s Roll of Honour.

Address: 'Dunkeld' Bedfordale, Western Australia.

Isabella D. Winning was his step mother.

 

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