James Simpson WILLOX

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Service Number:	727
Enlisted:	19 August 1914
Last Rank:	Company Sergeant Major
Last Unit:	60th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Muthill, Perthshire, Scotland, 1885
Home Town:	Warracknabeal, Yarriambiack, Victoria
Schooling:	Public School, Scotland
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916
Cemetery:	New Irish Farm Cemetery Plot XXXI, Row F, Grave No. 15 (body exhumed and moved to current location.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Warracknabeal Presbyterian Charge Roll of Honor WW1, Warracknabeal War Memorial

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19 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 727
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 727, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 727, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
13 Aug 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion, Gallipoli
23 Aug 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 8th Infantry Brigade Train, Gallipoli
24 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 60th Infantry Battalion
25 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 60th Infantry Battalion, Temporary
3 Jun 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 60th Infantry Battalion
18 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 727, 60th Infantry Battalion, Embarked: Alexandria Egypt to Join British Expeditionary Force in France.
29 Jun 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 727, 60th Infantry Battalion, Disembark Marseilles
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 727, 60th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 727 awm_unit: 60th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Company Sergeant Major awm_died_date: 1916-07-19

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