JAMES, Roy Pickard
| Service Number: | 1363 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 December 1914, Adelaide South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hindmarsh, South Australia , 17 May 1887 |
| Home Town: | Hindmarsh, Charles Sturt, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Whinham and Prince Alfred Colleges. South Australia |
| Occupation: | Auctioneer/Agent |
| Died: | Natural causes, Renmark, South Australia , 28 October 1950, aged 63 years |
| Cemetery: |
Renmark Cemetery, S.A. Old Section |
| Memorials: | Burra Loyal Burra Lodge Court Unity AOF No 3015 WW1 Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 1363, Adelaide South Australia | |
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| 2 Feb 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1363, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1363, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1363, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1363, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
| 9 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 10th Infantry Battalion, Raid on Celtic Wood | |
| 23 Sep 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 10th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
One of the five Celtic Wood Raid officers, Lieutenant Roy Pickard James, also a Gallipoli man, sustained shrapnel wounds to his left arm during the raid and after making it back, was treated at 64th Field Ambulance before being admitted to 41st Casualty Clearing Station later that day. On 11 October, he was transferred to 8th General Hospital then five days later was invalided to England; he did not rejoin the battalion. The CO’ post raid report identified him as a raid officer. Lieutenant James returned to Australia on 1 February 1918. After recovering from his wounds he later established a business in Renmark and lived there until his death in 1950
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