STARR, Victor James
| Service Number: | 4241 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 August 1915, Warwick Farm, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 54th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Alexandria, New South Wales, Australia, 30 January 1894 |
| Home Town: | Alexandria, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Alexandria Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Shop Assistant |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Anzac Cemetery, Sailly-sur-la-Lys Plot 1, Row H, Grave 3 |
| Memorials: | Anthony Hordern & Sons Ltd. Pictorial HR, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4241, Warwick Farm, New South Wales | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4241, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4241, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4241, 54th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4241 awm_unit: 54th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-19 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
"4241 Lance Corporal Victor James Starr, 54th Battalion, of Alexandria, NSW. LCpl Starr enlisted on 20 February 1915 and was killed in action, at Fromelles on 19 July 1916... His brother, 1767 Trooper Walter Starr, 7th Australian Light Horse, of Tooloom, NSW, died of wounds on 14 August 1916 and is buried at Port Said, Egypt." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
Son of Jacob and Lucy Starr of 23 Lyne Lane, Alexandria, NSW
Statement form eyewitnesses:-
18 January 1917 - Pte G.N. Elsey, of 54th Battalion (patient in No 10 General Hospital, Rouen):- 'He was in D Co. At Fromelles he was wounded by a poisoned bullet. He was sent to England where he died. Men who have returned from leave reported this to the Battalion.
24 January 1917 - Second statement - Pte J.B. Ford of 54 Battalion. He was hit by a shrapnel out in the open at Fromelles and poisoning set in in his wound and he died in hospital.
19 May 1917 - Third statement - Lance Corporal R.C. Davie of D Company, 54 Battalion. 'I knew Starr well ... His initial was J. and he gave me his address as 23 Lyne Street, Alexandria, Sydney, half an hour before we went over the top at Fleurbaix. He was slightly wounded in the thigh I think, as we went from the reserve to the front line trench. Starr's pal, Shute, had his finger blown off. Shute therefore went back to the Dressing Station, but Starr carried on, and I saw him in the front line trench. but not after the attack. I met Shute at Weymouth some months afterwards. He was about to return to France, and as he knew I was returning to Australia, he gave me an old Disc belonging to Starr, which had been found at Estaires by a stranger to both of them, which I brought and gave to his mother.'
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served for 4.5 years in the 34 Infantry Battalion with the Citizen Military Forces with the rank of Sergeant
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