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BIRKETT, James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 4655 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Ravenglass, Cumberland, England. , date not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 October 1917, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31., Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
13 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4655, 18th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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13 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4655, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 32 and the son of the late William and Margaret Birkett.
He is remembered on the Muncaster War Memorial. Muncaster is situated close to the Cumbria coast next to Ravenglass. The parish church is in the grounds of Muncaster Castle. The war memorial is to be found in the form of a plaque within the church.