James August YEATES

Badge Number: 464, Sub Branch: Unley
464

YEATES, James August

Service Number: 1103
Enlisted: 14 September 1914, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA
Last Rank: Staff Sergeant
Last Unit: 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1
Born: Orroroo, SA, 21 December 1892
Home Town: Malvern, Unley, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Clerk / Warehouseman
Died: Hyde Park, SA, 28 September 1951, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Anglican Path A Grave 446 - site expired
Memorials: Orroroo District Roll of Honour WW1, Orroroo Public School Roll of Honour, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board
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World War 1 Service

14 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1103, 4th Field Ambulance, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA
22 Dec 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1103, 4th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 1103, 4th Field Ambulance, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne
4 Oct 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4th Field Ambulance
28 Nov 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 4th Field Ambulance
14 Jan 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, From 4th Field Ambulance
11 Nov 1918: Involvement Sergeant, 1103
28 Mar 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 1103, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, Discharged at the 4th Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Andrew Powell YEATES and Jane nee REBDER.  Brother of James Andrew Yeates, Edith Louisa Yeates and Agnes Minna Yeates

Commenced return to Australia on 3 December 1918 aboard HT Port Hacking disembarking on 27 January 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Adelaide

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal