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Service Number:	5745
Enlisted:	7 January 1916, 7 January 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Saint Fergus, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 24 April 1892
Home Town:	Condobolin, Lachlan, New South Wales
Schooling:	Central Public School, Scotland
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 4 May 1917, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

7 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 7 January 1916
3 Jun 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5745, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
3 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5745, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney

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He was 25 and the son of Peter and Margaret Paul, of Kirktown, St. Fergus, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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When completing the Australian War Memorial Circular his father wrote - James was killed while trying to save a wounded comrade.

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