James Thomas HEIGHT

HEIGHT, James Thomas

Service Number: 3476
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
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World War 1 Service

26 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3476, 5th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
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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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

James Thomas Height is also remembered on the Taradale School Honour Roll and the Taradale War Memorial, Vic.