BUCKBY , James Alfred
| Service Number: | 250 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 January 1915, Ayr, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Shoeing-Smith |
| Last Unit: | 11th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 31 March 1888 |
| Home Town: | Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Black Jack State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Natural causes , Ayr, , Queensland, Australia, 19 November 1971, aged 83 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ayr Cemetery, Queensland Grave Number 3322 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 250, Ayr, Queensland | |
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| 2 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 250, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Borda, Brisbane | |
| 2 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 250, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 250, 5th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 1 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith, 250, 11th Light Horse Regiment, GSW right arm - Palestine | |
| 20 Jul 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith, 250, 11th Light Horse Regiment, ex Kantara, Egypt to Australia per HT Morvada | |
| 29 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith, 250, 11th Light Horse Regiment |
Relationship
James Alfred is my maternal grandfather's brother - Joseph Harvey. I don't recall James, but I have many memories of his wife, my Aunty Flo.
Submitted 9 December 2019 by laynie kelly
Biography contributed by Sharon Petch
Embarkation Roll (www.awm.gov.au) has incorrectly recorded Surname as BUCKLY instead of BUCKBY
He was my maternal grandmother's brother and the surname is Buckby not Buckly.
He was one of 5 brothers that fought in WW1. They were all from Charters Towers in Queensland.
His brother Pte. 2345 Harvey James Buckby (/explore/people/228007) was killed in action at Pozières on 22 Jul 1916
Biography contributed by Chris Buckley
Jim was the fifth of thirteen children of William Charles Buckby (born 1856 in Brisbane, QLD) and Charlotte Mary O'Sullivan (born 1862 in Tipperary, Ireland). Charlotte arrived in Brisbane, QLD in April 1869 on board the Young Australia. William - a Labourer and Wood Carter - and Charlotte married in 1880 in Charters Towers, QLD where they settled and raised their family.
Jim was a Labourer in Charters Towers, QLD when he enlisted in the AIF in January 1915, He served as a Private and Shoeing Smith) with the 11th Light Horse Regiment 'B' Squadron and 5th Light Horse Regiment (Service No:250). In May 1918, Jim was WiA (GSW to the arm) in Palestine and was Discharged in October 1919. Brothers Patrick Dennis (Private; Service No:5336), Harvey James (Private; Service No:2345), Joseph (David) Harvey (Lance Corporal; Service No:903) and Edward (Ned) Arthur (Private; Service No:52976) also served in WWI.
Jim returned to Ayr, QLD where he was working as a Labourer when he married Caroline Florence Cadio (born 1903 at Ravenswood, Charters Towers, QLD) in 1923. Jim and Caroline settled in Ayr, QLD where Jime was a Labourer. He died in 1971 and Caroline in 1997.
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