James Wesley DREDGE

DREDGE, James Wesley

Service Number: 2516
Enlisted: 14 July 1916, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 60th Infantry Battalion
Born: Blackwood, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town: Dingee, Loddon, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Died of wounds, Lijssenthoek, Belgium, 17th Casualty Clearing Station, Remy Siding, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium, 27 September 1917
Cemetery: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Dingee & District Honor Roll, Dingee Memorial Tablet
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World War 1 Service

14 Jul 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2516, 60th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
25 Sep 1916: Involvement Private, 2516, 60th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
25 Sep 1916: Embarked Private, 2516, 60th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
8 May 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2516, 60th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second)
19 Sep 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 60th Infantry Battalion, Belgium
25 Sep 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2516, 60th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, GSW to head and left arm. Evacuated to 17th CCS at Lijssenthoek, however died there of his wounds 27 September 1917.
27 Sep 1917: Involvement Lance Corporal, 2516, 60th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2516 awm_unit: 60th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-09-27

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