James Keith YAXLEY

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YAXLEY, James Keith

Service Number:	2836
Enlisted:	10 August 1915, Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Forth, Tasmania, Australia, 3 April 1891
Home Town:	Forth, Devonport, Tasmania
Schooling:	Forth State School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 28 July 1916, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Etaples Military Cemetery IX A 15A
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Devonport Cenotaph, Hobart Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

10 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2836, 12th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tasmania
27 Oct 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2836, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2836, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
1 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Infantry Battalion
25 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2836, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , GSW (wrist and thigh)

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of Matthew and Susan YAXLEY, 9 Pretty Street, Hobart, Tas.

Biography contributed by Vicki Purnell

TASMANIAN SOLDIER'S DEATH.
Private James Keith Yaxley died in 26 General Hospital, Etaplcs, France, of gunshot wounds in arm and thigh, on July 28, 1916. He was the youngest son of the late Matthew and Susan Yaxley, of Pleasant View, Forth, Tas. He left Claremont camp on September 27, 1913,
for Egypt, and was encamped at Heliopolis until March 28, 1916, when he was moved on to France. He received his education at the Forth State-school,
which has become famous for the number of names on its roll of honour. Some 50 past scholars are now serving the Empire at the front, which is a splendid
record. After leaving school he followed up agricultural pursuits. Prior to enlistment he was working in his brother-in-law's (Mr. Geo. Roddam's) orchard at
Middleton, D'Entrecasteaux Channel. His brother Gordon, late of Spreyton,has arrived in England, on his way tothe front, and many relatives are now in the battle-line, including his cousin, Private Elijah Yaxley, a Penguin lad, who has been awarded the Distinguished
Conduct Medal for conspicuous bravery at Lone Pine, Gallipoli. He leaves five brothers and five sisters.

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