James YEATES

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Service Number:	329
Enlisted:	16 September 1915, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	Udny, Scotland, 1883
Home Town:	Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Memorials:

16 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 329, Mining Corps, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
20 Feb 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 329, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
20 Feb 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 329, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney
20 Feb 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 329, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney
20 Feb 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 329, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
21 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), From Mining Corps
24 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company)
29 Apr 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company)
29 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 329, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of Andrew Powell Yeates who died of wounds received at Lone Pine and has no know grave. His name appears on the Lone Pine Memorial Panel 9

Next of kin given as his uncle James Yeates of Davis Hill, Forearm, Udny Station, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Returned to Australia on aboard HT Boonah disembarking on the 8 June 1919 before being transhipped aboard Sardinia to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal