James Paling HAIGH

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HAIGH, James Paling

Service Number:	5344
Enlisted:	24 February 1916, Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Australian Employment Company
Born:	Alexandria, New South Wales, Australia, 1 August 1886
Home Town:	Petersham, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Blackfriars & Pyrmont Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Sterotyper
Died:	Manly, New South Wales, Australia, 1953, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

24 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5344, 19th Infantry Battalion, Sydney, NSW
22 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 5344, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
22 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 5344, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
29 Nov 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Machine Gun Company, In France
17 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Employment Company, From 5th Machine Gun Company
15 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5344, Australian Employment Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William Haigh and Mary Jane Haigh of Corunna Road, Petersham, NSW

James saw service in France, contracted Trench Fever 1 August 1917 and invalided to American Hospital France - returned to duty. Was wounded on a second occasion and invalided to the 2nd and 3rd General Hospitals France, recovered and returned to duty.

Commenced return to Australia on 22 January 1919 aboard HT Demosthenes disembarking on 2 March 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1923c James married Annie H. Gilzean in Sydney, NSW

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