LINDSAY, James Hastie
| Service Number: | 120299 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Unspecified British Units |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 5 December 1894 |
| Home Town: | Winton, Winton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Scotland |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Southport, Queensland, Australia, 31 May 1978, aged 83 years |
| Cemetery: |
Longreach Cemetery, Qld Lawn, Row 4 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Private, 120299, Unspecified British Units |
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Son of William Henry LINDSAY and Martha Flatman nee HUBBLE
Husband of Madge Cummins LINDSAY nee STEPHENS
James Hastie Lindsay was born in Adelaide, the eldest son of a Scottish pioneer of inland Australia in north-east South Australia and adjacent Queensland. He spent his early years at Haddon Downs and Arrabury, followed by seven years at school in Scotland, before returning to Western Queensland.
In 1914 he returned to Scotland to learn business principles, in the office of Johnson & Darling Berwick, but this was interupted by the outbreak of war.
In August 1914 he enlisted from Scotland in The Lothian and Border Horse Yeomanry. He was single, 5'11" with brown hair and hazel green eyes.
Howie Lindsay said "After a year of training in UK, he went to France in 1915, and then straight to Salonkia. He was there without home leave until Novemeber 1918, when he had home leave and was acutally at Prenderguest when the Armistice was signed in November 1918. He was told not to return to his regiment and was edmobbed fairly soon in 1919."
On March 1919 in General Sir G.T. Milne's despatches he was Mentioned in Despatches for 'Gallant and distinguished services in the field'.
A British army mate remembered "On night watches, Jimmy would recite some Banjo Paterson poems - his favourite was Old pardon, the Son of Reprieve... He was always a horseman, rode in typical Aussie style with his toes just touching the stirrups, whereas most of us were inclined to ride much shorter. When a mate took a commission, Jimmy collared his mare Daisy... he was always a law unto himself... Nick Dudgeon said they were great friends and did the long trek through Bulgaria".
About 1921 Jim Lindsay returned to live permanently in Australia. He bought the sheep property at Camara, near Winton in 1925, and married Madge Stephens in Adealide the same year. From Camara he administered Arrabury Pastoral Company for many years. He was an active member of many Winton district organisations, but his particular love was the breeding and racing of horses.
In 1976 he and his wife retired to Broadbeach, where they lived until his death in 1978.
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