James Parslow ABRAHAM

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Service Number:	2559
Enlisted:	7 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	1st Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Harrietville, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Omeo, East Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Postal assistant
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 18 August 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1, Postmaster General's Department Victoria 2, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

7 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
26 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2559, 6th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
26 Aug 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2559, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
18 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2559, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2559 awm_unit: 1st Australian Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-08-18

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1 Pioneer Battalion

Rank - Lance Corporal

31 October 1915 - Joined 6th Btn, Lemnos

7 January 1916 - Disembarked Alexandria (general Gallipoli evacuation)

12 March 1916- Transferred to 1st Pioneer Bn, and taken on strengh, Serapeum

26 March 1916- Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force

2 April 1916 - Disembarked Marseilles, France

26 July 1- 916 Appointed Lance Corporal

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Son of Robert James Abraham and Sarah Ann Parslow, of Omeo, Victoria, Australia. Brother of Mary Abraham of Omeo, Victoria