James Henry MICKELS

MICKELS, James Henry

    Service Number: 3560
    Enlisted: 29 September 1915, Bendigo, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 60th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Newcastle, England, United Kingdom, 1884
    Home Town: South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
    Schooling: State School
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Died of Wounds - G.S.W. Right Hip & Colitis, Exhaustion, No. 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, Middlesex, England, 20 March 1917
    Cemetery: Harefield (St. Mary) Churchyard, Middlesex, United Kingdom
    Australian Section. Grave 16.
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    29 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3560, Depot Battalion , Bendigo, Victoria
    29 Dec 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3560, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
    29 Dec 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3560, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
    26 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 21sr Infantry Battalion
    18 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3560, 60th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Kinfauns Castle"
    29 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3560, 60th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
    19 Jul 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3560, 60th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Wounded in Action -- G.S.W. Thigh -- France
    19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3560, 60th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
    21 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3560, 60th Infantry Battalion, Admitted -- 13th General Hospital -- G.S.W. Thigh -- Boulogne, France
    23 Jul 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3560, 60th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Boulogne for England per H.S "Jan Breydel"
    24 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3560, 60th Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- 2nd Western General Hospital -- G.S.W. Right Buttock (Severe) -- Manchester, England
    12 Feb 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3560, 60th Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- No. 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital -- G.S.W. Right Buttock -- Harefield, England
    20 Mar 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3560, 60th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3560 awm_unit: 60th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-03-20
    20 Mar 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3560, 60th Infantry Battalion, Died of Wounds -- No. 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital -- G.S.W. Right Hip, Colitis -- Harefield, England
    23 Mar 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3560, 60th Infantry Battalion, Buried -- Brookwood Cemetery, Australian Section -- Chaplain J. Gregg MacGregor -- Harefield, England

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Arrived in Australia aged 9 years

    Son of James and Sadie Mickels of 328 Park Street, South Melbourne,  Victoria; previously of Post Office Place, South Melbourne

    Medals: British War Medal, Vcitory Medal

    Served in the Kings Royal Rifles for over 5 years

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