BINGER, James Henry
| Service Number: | 2833 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 April 1916, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Wellington Point, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 18 March 1896 |
| Home Town: | Wellington Point, Redland, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
| Died: | Wellington Point, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 24 October 1950, aged 54 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Cleveland Cemetery, Qld PB - P - 361 |
| Memorials: | Aramac War Memorial, Cleveland Shire Council Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2833, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Brisbane, Qld. | |
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| 21 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2833, 4th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2833, 4th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Boonah, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John William BINGER and Sarah BINGER nee ERVINE, Wellington Point, Queensland
Husband of Thirza Adeline nee SKINNER
James was 20, and working as a station hand when he enlisted on 27 April 1916. He served in France and Belgium and received a servere gunshot wound to the left leg on 2 November 1917. As a result of this injury he was discharged to Australia on 10 April 1918.
He returned to Wellington Point and married Thriza Adeline Skinner on 13 September 1921, working as a ganger for the Cleveland Shire Council from 1921 to his death in 1950. James suffered from Miner's Phithisis (pulomonary tuberculosis) despite never working in the mines. He death was not attributed to war service and his wfe was not entitled to a war pension.
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