James Wilfred HAIGH

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Service Number:	123
Enlisted:	28 October 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	42nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bega, New South Wales, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Stokers Siding, Tweed, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	New South Wales, Australia , 11 April 1974, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Murwillumbah Banner Street Memorial Park Section 5, Grave 233
Memorials:

28 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 123, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
5 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 123, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
5 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 123, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney
12 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 123, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left buttock. Transferred to England on 18 October 1917 aboard HS Jan Bredae
23 Nov 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 123, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Lemuel Haigh and Hannah clarkson formerly Haigh of Pymble, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 24 August 1918 aborad HT Medic disembarking on 9 October 1918 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1921c James married Fanny M. Sims in St. Leonards, NSW

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