Richard JAMES MM

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Service Number:	180
Enlisted:	2 October 1914, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	5th Light Horse Regiment (WW1)
Born:	Reading, Berkshire, England, 25 April 1888
Home Town:	Rocksberg, Moreton Bay, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Natural Causes, Caboolture, Queensland, 7 September 1967, aged 79 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Caboolture District WW1 Roll of Honour

2 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 180, 5th Light Horse Regiment (WW1), Brisbane, Queensland
21 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 180, 5th Light Horse Regiment (WW1), HMAT Persic, Sydney
21 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 180, 5th Light Horse Regiment (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
16 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 180, 5th Light Horse Regiment (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli
13 Dec 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5th Light Horse Regiment (WW1)
19 Nov 1917:	Wounded
20 Jun 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 180, 5th Light Horse Regiment (WW1)

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Next of kin: Father, H. R. James, Harrisons Pocket, Strathpine, Queensland

Sergeant 5th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron

Returned to Australia: 15 February 1919

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