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JAMES, Amos Alfred
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4734 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 February 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide. |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Brighton, South Australia, 14 June 1898 |
| Home Town: | Naracoorte, Naracoorte and Lucindale, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 4 August 1982, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Naracoorte Cemetery, S.A. Interred on 6 August 1982, Grave E680. Burial number 3402 |
| Memorials: | Naracoorte and District Town Hall Honour Board WW1 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4734, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide. | |
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| 11 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4734, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4734, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide | |
| 16 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Transferred from the 27th Battalion to the 2nd Divisional Signals in the field | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 4734, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Broodseinde Ridge, Shell wound to the abdomen and invalided to England on 19 October 1917 | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Sapper, 4734 | |
| 1 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 4734, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at 4th Military District |
World War 2 Service
| 10 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Keswick, SA |
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Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Alfred Herbert Ernest James and Rosa Maud (nee Tilbrook) James; brother of Marjorie Pearl James
19 January 1917 - to hospital with Mumps
17 July 1919 - returned to Australia on board HT Mahia
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 26 December 1925 married Florence Christina Baldock in the Noarlunga Methodist Church. Father of Desmond Amos James(died 1963), Daryl James and Maxwell James