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WIGHT, James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4247 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 January 1916, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Yarram, Wellington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Suicide - gunshot wound to head, Yarram, Victoria, Australia, 27 January 1940 |
| Cemetery: |
Yarram New Cemetery, Victoria, Australia |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4247, 21st Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 7 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4247, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4247, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of William and Elizabeth WIGHT, Yarram Yarram, Victoria.
Man Found Shot.
James Wight of Yarram, a returned soldiers, was on Saturday found dead with a gunshot wound in his head, behind an ironmongery shop, where earlier he had obtained a shotgun and cartridges. On the counter of the shop, he had left an envelope containing a large sum of money addressed to his wife.
WIGHT.- On the 27th January (suddenly), James Wight, of Greenmount, Yarram, late 21st Battalion, A.I.F., beloved husband of Vera, and loved father of Graeme, Douglas, and Dorothy. -Rest after weariness, peace after pain.
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