RIVETT, James
| Service Number: | 294 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 March 1916, 3rd Recinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | London England, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Cowell, Franklin Harbour, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 21 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cowell Men from Franklin Harbour WW1 Roll of Honour, Cowell War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 294, 8th Machine Gun Company, 3rd Recinforcements | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 294, 8th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 294, 8th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 16 Mar 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal | |
| 21 Apr 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 294, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 294 awm_unit: 5th Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-04-21 |
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Excerpt from the Daily Herald Fri 17 May 1918
LATE CORPORAL J. RIVETT
Corporal J. Rivett, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, A.I.F., was born in England …………… He came to Australia eight years ago with his parents and entered the postal service at Cowell but after serving 12 months he resigned to take up farming. For a time he was secretary to the Salt Creek branch of the Agricultural Bureau, and being well known throughout the Franklin Harbour district he made many friends. He enlisted in Marach 1916 and celebrated his 21st birthday when lying wounded in Rouen Hospital, in 1917. It was at the same hospital – that he died on April 21, 1918, from the effects of gas. His younger brother, Private L.O. Rivett, was trained at an Australian signalling school in England, and is probably now in the firing line.
Reference List
World War 1 Biographies (Folder, located at Cowell RSL) Stocker, B.
National Archives of Australia – NameSearch
Trove Daily Herald Adelaide Fri 17 May 1918
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