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PRESTON, James Rankine
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 30514 |
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| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Home Town: | Mildura, Mildura Shire, Victoria |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 October 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
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World War 1 Service
| 23 Nov 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 30514, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
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| 23 Nov 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 30514, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 7 Oct 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 30514, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 30514 awm_unit: 2 Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-10-07 |
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