JAMIESON, Roy Wilfred
| Service Number: | 972 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Boulder, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Boulder Central School Western Australia, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boulder Roll of Honor, Boulder Roll of Honour Board, South Boulder School Honour Roll, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 972, Depot Battalion | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 972, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 972, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 972, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) |
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Biography presented during plaque dedication:
Private Roy Wilfred Jamieson was born at Bendigo, Victoria in August 1895 to John and Catherine Jamieson. He had two sisters.
The family moved to Boulder and resided in Bendigo Street. Roy attended school at Boulder central.
After leaving Boulder, he worked at Gordon and Gotch in Perth and later at Piesse brothers at Katanning.
After receiving permission from his father, he enlisted at Katanning in July 1915 and was posted to one of the two companies of 32 battalion that were raised in Western Australia.
In September, after training at Blackboy Hill Military Camp, they moved to South Australia and joined with the other companies. The battalion embarked in December at Adelaide aboard HMAT Geelong bound for Suez.
Training continued at Tel el Kebir until they embarked on HMT Transylvania at Alexandria in June 1916 and six days later arrived at Marseilles.
The battalion fought its first major battle just three days after they entered the front-line trenches.
Private Roy Wilfred Jamieson, service number 972 of 32 Battalion, was killed in action at Fleurbaix, France on 19 July 1916. He was 20 years of age and was never found.
He is remembered at V.C. corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, Lille, France.
His plaque is located alongside that of known relative, Private Alfred Witheridge of 32 Battalion.
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