James Oliver GEMMELL

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Service Number:	1542
Enlisted:	4 January 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Bassendean, Bassendean, Western Australia
Schooling:	Perth Boys High School, Perth, Western Australia
Occupation:	Civil servant
Died:	Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 3 September 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bassendean War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Wembley Downs Hale School Honour Roll 1, Wembley Downs Hale School Memorial Grove

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4 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1542, 11th Infantry Battalion
22 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1542, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
22 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1542, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Fremantle
3 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 1542, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1542 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-03

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