James HAUGHIE

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Service Number:	17246
Enlisted:	6 November 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	12th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Glasgow, Scotland, 1896
Home Town:	Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Boiler Maker
Died:	Fawkner, Victoria, Australia, 1975, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

6 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 17246, Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
10 May 1917:	Involvement Driver, 17246, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
10 May 1917:	Embarked Driver, 17246, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne
18 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 12th Field Company Engineers, From Field Company Engineers
24 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 17246, 12th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of John Haughie and Florance Haughie nee Currie of Darvall Street, Balmain, NSW

Served his boiler maker apprenticeship at the Naval Dockyard, Cockatoo Island, Sydney, NSW

Between 16 June 1919 and 16 September 1919 he was employed as a Boilermaker by Osborne Graham & Company shipyard

Commenced return to Australia on 25 September 1919 aboard HT Port Denison disembarking on 17 November 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1922c James married Rachel A. Lowry in North Balmain