CAPPER, James Herbert Vernon
| Service Number: | 21945 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 August 1915, Bendigo, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 7th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Quarry Hill State School, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Shrapnel wounds to the face penetrating the brain and the left groin, 17th Casaulty Clearing Station, Belgium, 26 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot XX111, Row C, Grave 14A. Rev. S. M. Talinou officiated. Headstone inscription reads: Which we have loved long since and lost awhile, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 21945, Bendigo, Victoria | |
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| 20 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 21945, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 20 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 21945, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, HMAT Medic, Melbourne | |
| 6 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, From 23rd Field Artillery, Howitzer Brigade in the field | |
| 25 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 21945, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Multiple shrapnel and penetrating wounds penetrating the brain and left groin | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 21945, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Polygon Wood, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 21945 awm_unit: 7th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-09-26 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Charles Edward Capper and Mary Jane Capper nee Treloar of Gladstone Street, Bendigo, Victoria formerly of Melbourne. Brother of Charles Reginald Victor Capper who returned to Australia on 9 August 1917 as wounded having served with the 8th Battalion
Father of ex-nuptial child Florence May Hulls of Melbourne, Victoria. Mother of the child, Gertrude May Hulls who had written claiming James' medals for Florence
Medals: Victory Medal and Memorial Scroll to the daughter Florence May Hulls but to be held by her mother until Florence was of age
British War Medal (with clasps if any), Memorial Plaque, aand the brochure 'Where the Australians Rest to James father Charles Capper
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