
STEELE, James Norman
Service Number: | 624 |
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Enlisted: | 5 July 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Nackara, South Australia, Australia, 18 February 1896 |
Home Town: | Nackara, Peterborough, South Australia |
Schooling: | Nackara Public School, Muirden College of South Australia, Australia |
Occupation: | School Teacher |
Died: | Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 20 July 1916, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Adelaide Muirden College of South Australia Great War Roll of Honor, Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide South Australian Education Department Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Peterborough Nackara & Partoo Roll of Honor, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial |
World War 1 Service
5 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 624, Depot Battalion , Keswick, South Australia | |
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18 Nov 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 624, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' |
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18 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 624, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
18 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 624, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Suez, Egypt | |
17 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 624, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Transylvania" | |
23 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 624, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France | |
19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 624, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) | |
20 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 624, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action |
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"THE LATE PRIVATE J. N. STEELE.
Private James Norman Steele, who was killed in action in France on July 20, was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. James Steele, of Nackara, whose only other son is at the front. Prior to enlisting the late Private Steele was connected with the Education Department as assistant teacher at Solomontown. He was born and educated at Nackara. His career as a teacher was a promising one. Being studious and devoted to his work, he won the esteem of the old and young alike. His parents are old and highly respected residents of Nackara, and sympathy is felt for them. Private Steele was the first of many young soldiers recruited from Nackara to make the supreme sacrifice. He was 20 years of age, and left for the front with his brother, Norman, at the end of last year." - from the Adelaide Advertiser 18 Sep 1916 (nla.gov.au)