James Dyson LACY

LACY, James Dyson

Service Number: 854
Enlisted: 26 March 1915
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 8th Light Horse Regiment
Born: St. Helens Station via Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 19 January 1881
Home Town: Mackay, Mackay, Queensland
Schooling: The Armidale School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Malaria and Septicemia, Palestine, 6 September 1918, aged 37 years
Cemetery: Gaza War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Portion XXXII, Row F, Grave No. 9
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

26 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 854, 8th Light Horse Regiment
13 Apr 1915: Involvement Private, 854, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
13 Apr 1915: Embarked Private, 854, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
6 Sep 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 854, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 854 awm_unit: 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-09-06

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

His brother Captain Francis Prior Lacy MC MID Royal Engineers, was killed in action on 13 August 1915 in Flanders, serving with British tunneling experts. He was a young mining and metallurgical engineer of great promise. He took a high place at the Royal School of Mines and won a post graduate course with the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

They were the sons of Dyson and Frances Amelia Lacy, of Hobart, Tasmania. The brothers were born at St. Helens Station, Mackay, Queensland. The Lacy family were early pastoral pioneers of the Mackay District in North Queensland.

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