James Mason UPTON

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Service Number:	6947
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Windsor, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Windsor, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Ironmonger
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 19 April 1964, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held on 22 April 1964. Boronia, Wall ZD, Niche 100 and held in perpetuity for all time
Memorials:

11 May 1917:	Involvement Private, 6947, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
11 May 1917:	Embarked Private, 6947, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne

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Son of Arthur Upton and Alice Plevins Upton nee Crook of Hornby Street, Windsor, Victoria.

8 February 1917 - enlisted at Prahran, Victoria, with the 23rd Battalion and with the rank of Private

31 January 1918 - commenced return to Australia aboard HS Caterley as injured disembarking on 30 April 1918

28 May 1918 - discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to an old foot injury

Medal: British War Medal

During 1918c James married Dorothy Beatrice Spinks in Victoria