JAMES, Roy David
| Other Name: | JAMES, Roy Derrick - Funeral Notice |
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| Service Number: | 2505 |
| Enlisted: | 28 August 1914, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | Divisional Ammunition Column |
| Born: | Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia, 25 December 1893 |
| Home Town: | Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Fall from Tram, New South Wales, Australia, 25 March 1935, aged 41 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales |
| Memorials: | New South Wales Garden of Remembrance (Rookwood Necropolis) |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 2505, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, Sydney, NSW | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Driver, 2505, Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Driver, 2505, Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney |
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Next of kin William Thomas JAMES, 18 corso, Manly, New South Wales.
KILLED INSTANTLY
Man Falls in Front of Tram
LOST GRIP OF HANDRAIL
SYDNEY, Monday.
Roy Derrick James, 30, married, a returned soldier, of Bondi, was killed instantly when he fell from a tram and was struck by another trami travelling in the opposite direction, in Oxford-istreet, Woollahra, this evening.
James was returning home from work, and was standing in the rear compartment, when it is thought he lost his grip on the handrail and, overbalancing, fell in front of the on-coming train.
James was terribly injured. His left leg was practically severed.
JAMES.—The Relatives and Friends of the late ROY DERRICK JAMES, of Campbell-parade, Bondi, and late of Manly and Coogee, are kindly invited to attend his Funeral; to leave the Kinsela Chapels, Oxford-street, Taylor-square, Darlinghurst, THIS WEDNESDAY, after service which will commence at 1.45 p.m., for the Crematorium, Rookwood, by road.
CHARLES KINSELA, Motor Funeral Director.
Oxford-street, Taylor-square,
'Phones, FL4136-7-8. Darlinghurst.
JAMES.—The Officers and Members of LODGE COURT JUBILEE, No. 7613, A.O.F., are kindly requested to attend the Funeral of their late beloved Member, ROY DERRICK JAMES. (See Family Notice for Funeral particulars.)
W. ROYALL, C.R.
O. R. WEBSTER, Secretary.
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