FAGAN, James
| Service Numbers: | 2113, 1853 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 March 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Romsey, Victoria, 6 August 1875 |
| Home Town: | Lancefield, Macedon Ranges, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Goldie State School & Lancefield State School |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | War service related (chronic nephritis), Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, 2 May 1926, aged 50 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lancefield Cemetery Buried in the Fagan family plot |
| Memorials: | Lancefield North Goldie State School No 2272 Honour Roll, Lancefield State School No 707 Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2113, 8th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 17 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2113, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2113, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne | |
| 6 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1853, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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James (Jim) Fagan, born 6 Aug 1875 in Lancefield, Victoria. He married Mary Lucy Langdon Edwards in 1913. They had one son, William born in 1914.
His career at that time was an Engineer driving the large tractor engines. Jim joined the Australian Imperial Force on 6 March 1915 giving his age as 36 years 10 months when in reality it was 39 years 7 months. He was allotted to the 6th Reinforcements for the 8th Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade, 1st Division AIF. He embarked at Melbourne on HMAT A62 “Wandilla” on 17 June 1915.
He landed at Gallipoli on 6 August 1915. He served with the 8th Battalion until they were withdrawn from Gallipoli in December. He then went onto fight in Belgium and France with the Battalion until the end of the war. James was never wounded in action but was sick twice during his time with the battalion. The first for about a month in Sep/Oct 1916 and the second for 41 days in late Feb to early April 1918. He also had three periods of leave once in 1917; once in 1918 when he went to Ireland to meet relatives for the first time and once in 1919 when he went back to Ireland.
As a 1915 veteran he marched out to England from France for RTA on 17 January 1919. He embarked in England for return to Australia on 21 March 1919 on the “Kildonian Castle”, disembarking at Melbourne on 7 May 1919. He was discharged from the AIF on 6 Jul 1919.
James died at the age of 50 in May 1926 from a disease called ‘Bright’s Disease’ which is inflammation of the kidneys. This condition was brought on by the war and probably from drinking impure water in the trenches.
James was buried in the family plot at Lancefield in Victoria.
1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, RASB
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