James Henry URQUHART

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Service Number:	2678
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 29 February 1892
Home Town:	Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland
Schooling:	Charters Towers State School, Queensland
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	France, 13 August 1916, aged 24 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Memorials:

16 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 2678, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
16 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 2678, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane

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Son of Henry and Isabella Urquhart, of Sandy Creek, Charters Towers, QLD.

1 June 1915 - enlisted at Ingham, QLD, with the 9th Battalion and with the rank of Private.

25 February 1916 - transferred to the 49th Battalion

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