MCIVER, James
| Service Number: | 5178 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Joadja Creek, New South Wales, Australia, 14 February 1888 |
| Home Town: | Rozelle, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Leichhardt Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Marine Stoker |
| Died: | Killed in action, Pozieres, France, 22 July 1916, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Wellington Cenotaph, Wellington Hall of Memory Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5178, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5178, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5178, 1st Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
James McIver enlisted as James McIvor but his mother sent a statuary declaration to Base Records in 1919 stating that the correct spelling of her name was McIver and the surname of each of her three sons should be spelled the same way.
James’s younger brother, 6803 Pte. Thomas McIver 35th Battalion AIF, was killed in action near Villers Bretonneux on 4 April 1918, aged 28.
Another younger brother, 2067 Pte. Neil Campbell McIver 46th Battalion AIF, was returned to Australia during July 1919.
They were the sons of James and Mary Campbell McIver, of Wellington, New South Wales.
The soldiers father died in Wellington during 1919 and the mother Mary Campbell McIver became next of kin for all three.
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