WORLAND, James
| Service Number: | 4626 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 October 1915, Perth, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Mortlake, Victoria, Australia, July 1883 |
| Home Town: | Euroa, Strathbogie, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Creighton School opened in 1885 |
| Occupation: | Linesman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Scott Farm, Wytschaete, Ypres, Belgium, France, 21 March 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Euroa Telegraph Park, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4626, Perth, Western Australia | |
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| 12 Feb 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4626, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Feb 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4626, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle | |
| 21 Mar 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 4626, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), German Spring Offensive 1918, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4626 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-03-21 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Vicki Worland
James Worland was born 1883 in Mortlake, Victoria, and was the youngest son of Edgar Worland and Isabella Davis who was originally from Inverness in Scotland. At some time after Isabella died in 1884 the family moved to Creighton via Euroa where Edgar Worland married Elizabeth Halsall and bought the property known as "Foxton Park" ( named after Foxton in Cambridgeshire where Edgar was born). James known as JIM left home after an argument with his father who had asked him to pick up stones in the potato paddock. Jim refused as he felt that this was beneath him. He then worked on the Inland Telegraph line between Adelaide and Darwin, riding camels and bought a farm in Western Australia.
In 1912 in Perth, Western Australia he married Clarice Amy Green. They had a son and two daughters. Norman Arthur Worland b Aug 1912, Dorothy Amy b 1914 and Marjory Jean b 1914.
Jim joined AIF on 28th October 1915 in Perth. He was described as 5ft 8 inches tall, dark complexion, dark hair and dark eyes
He was transferred to 51st Battalion April 1916. Between 14th and 16th August he was wounded in action in France and admited to 1st London General Hospital Camberwell. On 15th January 1917 he rejoined his Unit in France.
On 21st March 1918 Jim was "Killed in Action" at Messines, Belgium and buried Scott Farm, Wytschaete (known as a place of casualty). A working party which included Jim were engaged in building a concrete Pillbox when a shell landed close by and he was killed instantly. He is listed on the Memorial at Villers Bretonneaux
Biography contributed by Vicki Worland
Jame's belongings were shipped from Belgium aboard the SS Barunga, however the ship was hit and sunk by a torpedo from a German Submarine 150 miles south west of the Scilly Isles at 4.30pm on 15th July 1918. It was on it's way to Australia with 800 sick and wounded on board.
Over the years his family were not forgottn as shown in a Will by his older brother Edgar John Joseph Worland when he died in April 1960.
Each of Jame's children were given a share of the Estate
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