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HEIGHT, James Thomas
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3476 |
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Enlisted: | 26 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Newstead, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
Home Town: | Newstead, Mount Alexander, Victoria |
Schooling: | Taradale State School, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Broodsiende Ridge, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Duhallow A.D.S. Cemetery Plot IX, Row E, Grave No. 5, Duhallow Advanced Dressing Station Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Newstead & District Great European War Roll of Honor, Newstead Co-Operative Butter Factory Honor Roll, Newstead State School No. 452 WWI Honor Roll, Newstead War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
26 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3476, 5th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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11 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3476, 5th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
11 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3476, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
23 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3476, 5th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
20 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3476, 5th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, SW to left arm. | |
4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3476, 5th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge |
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James Thomas Height is also remembered on the Taradale School Honour Roll and the Taradale War Memorial, Vic.