James Stanley SUMMERS

SUMMERS, James Stanley

Service Number: 227
Enlisted: 13 November 1915
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 42nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Bellambi, NSW, 1894
Home Town: Dunoon, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farm Labourer
Died: Died of wounds, France, 17 August 1918
Cemetery: Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France
IV C 21, Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, Daours, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blakebrook Public School Great War Honour Roll, Brisbane 42nd Infantry Battalion AIF Roll of Honour, Dunoon District War Memorial, Lismore & District Memorial Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

13 Nov 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 227, 42nd Infantry Battalion
5 Jun 1916: Involvement Private, 227, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
5 Jun 1916: Embarked Private, 227, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney
16 Aug 1918: Involvement Lance Corporal, 227, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 227 awm_unit: 42nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-16

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Richard and Bridget SUMMERS, Dunoon, New South Wales

Monsignor McGuire has conveyed the sad news to Mr. and Mrs. R. Summers, Rosedale, Dunoon, that their son, Lance-corporal James Stanley Summers has died of wounds in France. Lance-corporal Summers had been in the firing line 2½ years.