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MICKELS, James Henry
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3560 |
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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 Aust. 16. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
29 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3560, Depot Battalion , Bendigo, Victoria | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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