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MORAN, James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2982 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 February 1916, Casula, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Newtown, New South Wales, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Newtown Christian Brothers School |
| Occupation: | Carter |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, 30 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Birmingham (Lodge Hill) Cemetery, Warwickshire, England Lodge Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2982, Casula, New South Wales | |
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| 14 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2982, 31st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2982, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne | |
| 17 Apr 1918: | Wounded Private, 2982, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux, Gas | |
| 30 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2982, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2982 awm_unit: 5th Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-30 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...2982 Private James Moran, 5th Battalion, Australian Machine Gun Corps, of Newtown, NSW. Pte Moran enlisted on 2 February 1916, and as a member of the 31st Battalion reinforcements, he embarked from Melbourne, Vic, on 14 March 1916 aboard HMAT Anchises (A68). Pte Moran was wounded in action on the Western Front and was evacuated to England, where he died of his wounds on 30 April 1918, aged 27." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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