
GAVIN, James Augustus
Service Number: | 482 |
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Enlisted: | 9 July 1915, Enoggera, Brisbane, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Jondaryan, Queensland, 20 March 1886 |
Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Station Hand |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916, aged 30 years |
Cemetery: |
Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Bethune, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crows Nest (Qld) War Memorial, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial) |
World War 1 Service
9 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Enoggera, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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9 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 482, 31st Infantry Battalion | |
9 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, SN 482, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne | |
19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, SN 482, 31st Infantry Battalion | |
Date unknown: | Involvement 31st Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) |
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"...482 Private (Pte) James Gavin. A station hand from Toowoomba, Queensland, he embarked from Melbourne on 9 November 1915 with the 31st Battalion aboard HMAT Wandilla (A62). Pte Gavin was promoted to Lance Corporal (L Cpl) on 29 April 1916. L Cpl Gavin was killed in action on 19 July 1916 in France. He was 30 years old." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)