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LAVERY, James Ernest Augustus
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5563 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 March 1916, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | Tunnelling Companies |
| Born: | Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 1875 |
| Home Town: | Norseman, Dundas, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Ganger |
| Died: | War related illness, Norseman, Western Australia, 24 March 1919 |
| Cemetery: |
Norseman Cemetery, Western Australia RC Section, Row 8, Grave 42, Norseman Cemetery, Norseman, Western Australia, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Norseman District Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5563, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 5563, Tunnelling Companies, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 5563, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 14 Oct 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 5563, Tunnelling Companies, Discharged at 5th Military District | |
| 24 Mar 1919: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 5563, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5563 awm_unit: 1st Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1919-03-24 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Robert and Ellen Lavery; husband of Theresa Mary Lavery of 492 Railway Cottage, Norseman WA
16 July 1917 - to hospital with a hernia
8 August 1918 returned to Australia on board Carpentaria for Discharge
30 September 1918 - diagnosed with a dilated heart
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