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BINNIE, James Meldrum
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3808 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Aberdeen, Scotland, 9 November 1890 |
| Home Town: | Bedford Park, Onkaparinga, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Age, Daw Park, South Australia, 19 October 1969, aged 78 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 30 Oct 1917: | Embarked Private, 3808, 6th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne | |
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| 30 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 3808, 8th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 3808, 6th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Oct 1917: | Embarked Private, 3808, 8th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne | |
| 30 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3808 | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 3808, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Honoured Military Medal |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Loxton High School
James Meldrum Binnie was 25 when he joined the Australian army and when he entered the war in 1917 on the 30th of October. He was a private in the war. The ship or boat he embarked on was called the HMAT Aeneas A60. James had a brother called William Binnie. They both entred the war at the same time and place and both managed to stay alive throughtout this event. His service number was 3808 when he embarked or joined the army. In 1919 he was given a Military Medal for serving his country in the war and also serving his king.
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