KILPATRICK, James Murray
| Service Number: | 339 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 12th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Leichhardt, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Campsie, Canterbury, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Boilermaker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Beersheba, Palestine, 31 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Beersheba War Cemetery Row D, Grave 49 Headstone inscription reads: We mourn our loss but this we know to do his duty he did go Rev. W.J. Dunbar officiated, Beersheba War Cemetery, Beersheba, Israel |
| Memorials: | Allora Shire Soldiers Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leichhardt War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 339, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 13 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 339, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 339, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 31 Oct 1917: | Involvement Trooper, 339, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 339 awm_unit: 12th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1917-10-31 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James and Margaret Stephen Kilpatrick of Pratten, QLD; previously of 'Pine Grove', Berat, QLD
27 December 1915 - court martialled for being asleep at his sentry post while on active service. Found guilty and sentence to ten years penal servitude but reserved the sentence for confirmation this was remitted as it was considered the circumstances, actions and expectations leading up to the situation had been ovelry excessive
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Christine Goss
After Gallipoli, and the charges against him were dropped, Jim was sent to Palestine. There he took part in and was among the first killed in the Charge of the Australian Light Horse Brigades on Beersheba on the last day of 1917.
He was initially buried were he fell about 2 miles South East of the town and was later reinterred in the Beersheba War Cemetery.
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