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SINGLETON, James
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 1138, 1172 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Flinders, Victoria, Australia, 1882 |
| Home Town: | Flinders, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Flinders State School No.841, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 9 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Flinders St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church Roll of Honour, Flinders WWI War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
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World War 1 Service
| 16 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1138, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1138, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1138, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1138, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gun shot wounds neck, back and leg | |
| 24 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion | |
| 10 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
| 9 Aug 1918: | Involvement Private, 1172, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1172 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-09 |
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