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SWAN, James Lawrence
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 103 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1883 |
| Home Town: | Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 20 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Plot 11, Row D, Grave 12, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rozelle Sydney Harbour Trust Officers and Employees Pictorial Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 14 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 103, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 103, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 103, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James and Catherine Swan of Sydney, NSW
Husband of Ivy Blanch Swan nee Wall of 115 Carrington Road, Waverley, NSW. James and Ivy married in 1908c. Father of Jack Robert Swan and James Lawrence
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the school cadets