CANT, James
| Service Number: | Officer |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 3 September 1916, Place of enlistment - Holsworthy Barracks, Sydney New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Workington, Cumberland England, 28 December 1882 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Charlestown Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Mining Surveyor |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France |
| Memorials: | Adamstown Methodist Church Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Wallsend Charlestown Public School Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, Place of enlistment - Holsworthy Barracks, Sydney New South Wales | |
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| 11 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, Embarked on HMAT 'A29' Suevic from Sydney on 11th November 1916, disembarking Devonport, England on 30th January 1917. | |
| 30 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 5th Training Battalion, Marched in to Rollestone Camp | |
| 1 Apr 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 5th Training Battalion, Proceeded to France from Tidworth. | |
| 9 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 19 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-05-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of James and Anne CANT; husband of Annie CANT, of 26, Grove Street, Balmain, New South Wales. Born at Workington, Cumberland, England.
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Let us remember a Fallen soldier of The Great War memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the 3rd May 1917, Second Lieutenant James Cant, 19th Battalion, mining surveyor from Wyangarie Street, Kyogle, New South Wales, father of one (James Montgomery Cant, born 27.11.1911, Elsternwick, Glen Eira City, Victoria, died 26.6.1982, South Australia, age 70), was killed instantly about 4.30 a.m. by a sniper's bullet, Second Battle of Bullecourt, age 34 years 4 months.
Born at Workington, Cumberland, England on the 28th December 1882 to James (died 17.11.1890, Merewether, N.S.W., age 48) of Frederick Street, Merewether, N.S.W., and Ann Cant nee Reid (died?, legal mother - Mrs Ann Bruce (died 15.2.1933, Adamstown, N.S.W., of 6 Morgan Street, Adamstown, N.S.W.); husband of Annie Cant nee Montgomery (married 1911, Canturbury, N.S.W., died 1968, Adelaide, South Australia, age 91, 51 years a widow) of "Mimosa", Lower Bay View Street, McMahons Point, North Sydney, New South Wales (1917) and O'Sullivan Road, Bellevue Hill, N.S.W. (1918) and 26 Grove Street, Balmain, N.S.W. and "The Cottage", 26 Grove Street, Snails Bay, Balmain, N.S.W. (1918) and 69 Frenchmans Road, Randwick, N.S.W. (1922), photo 9, James enlisted on the 1st October 1915 at Holsworthy, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board A29 Suevic on the 11th November 1916.
James’s name has been inscribed on the Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France.
Place of Association - Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Mr. Cant’s name has also been inscribed on the Charlestown Public School Honor Roll, Adamstown Methodist Church Honour Roll and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at the memorialised gravesite of father James Cant in remembrance of the service and supreme sacrifice of his son James for God, King & Country. METHODIST 2 (PRIMITIVE) 11 SE. 50.
Half-brother to Oswald Bruce (known as Osie, born Kahibah, New South Wales 20.11.1893 to Stewart & Ann Bruce nee Cant, mining surveyor and clerk (New Lambton Colliery, N.S.W.), from 6 Morgan Street, Adamstown, New South Wales, enlisted 16.3.1915, 17th Battalion, Reg No-430, wounded in action - 28.9.1915 (GSW left shoulder, or splinter from bomb casing), KIA 18th December 1916, age 23, 4th Field Company, Australian Engineers, Reg No-4032, resting at Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, Montauban, France. Row J Grave 73) memorialised at the cemetery. METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) E SW. 23.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
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Lest We Forget.
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