James TIMMS

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Service Number:	2097
Enlisted:	3 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Panmure, Victoria, Australia, 8 April 1883
Home Town:	Cobden, Corangamite, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Steam Engine Driver
Died:	Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 September 1945, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton, Victoria
Memorials:	Naringal State School & District Great War Roll of Honor, Panmure Volunteers of Panmure who served in the Great War

3 Jul 1915:	Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2)
26 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 2097, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
26 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 2097, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
3 May 1917:	Wounded Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2097, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, 2nd Passchendaele , GSW Right Shoulder & Hand (lost middle right hand Finger)
3 May 1917:	Wounded
5 Nov 1917:	Involvement Gun Shot Wound to Left Shoulder, Departed England for Australia per H.T.Themistooles.

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