MOLLISON, James Jackson
| Service Number: | 1610 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glasgow, Scotland, 1889 |
| Home Town: | South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 17 June 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery, Wallonie, Belgium Personal Inscription LOVED IN LIFE EVER BELOVED IN DEATH. Grave I. A. 3., La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery, La Plus Douve, Wallonie, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1610, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1610, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
James was a son of Andrew Norman and Mary Mollison and lived at Epperstone. He was the brother of Elsie Mollison, 21 Teversal Avenue, Lenton-on-Sands, Nottingham, and Dorothy Mollison, 4 Trent Boulevard, West Bridgford. He emigrated to Australia when he was 21 yrs of age, he was a labourer and was living at Cordelia Street, South Bisbane, Queensland, Australia when he enlisted on 17th May 1915 .
He served with the 25th Battalion Australian Infantry, A.I.F. He left Brisbane on 29th June 1915 aboard HMAT A60 Aeneas. He saw war service in Egypt, Gallipoli, and the Western Front . He embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 4 September 1915. Admitted to Field Ambulance, 8 October 1915; transferred to 16th Casualty Clearing Station, 9 October 1915 (enteritis); to Mudros, 9 October 1915; to Malta, and admitted to Cottonera Hospital, 13 October 1916; transferred to Ghain Tuffieha Convalescent Depot, 9 November 1915; disembarked Alexandria, 23 December 1915. Admitted to Overseas Base, Cairo, 27 December 1915; discharged to unit, 19 January 1916; rejoined unit, Tel el Kebir, 20 January 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 14 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 19 March 1916. He died on 17th June 1916 from wounds received the previous day.
His brother Private 850 Alfred Knight Mollison MM, 3rd Pioneer Bn, returned to Australia, 21 June 1919.
Death notice published 28th June 1916 in the Nottingham Evening Post :- “MOLLISON. – Killed in action, June 17th, 1916, Private Jim Mollison, Australian Imperial Forces, age 27, late of Epperstone. – From his loving sisters Dorothy and Elsie.”
He was 27.
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