James Leslie SAUNDERS

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Service Number:	879
Enlisted:	21 August 1914, An original of H Company
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer Class 2
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bracknell, Tasmania, Australia, 25 December 1888
Home Town:	Gordonvale, Cairns, Queensland
Schooling:	Upper Liffey Primary School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 22 August 1916, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cairns Cenotaph, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

21 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 879, 9th Infantry Battalion, An original of H Company
24 Sep 1914:	Involvement Corporal, 879, 9th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: ''
24 Sep 1914:	Embarked Corporal, 879, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane
9 May 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 9th Infantry Battalion
18 Jul 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 9th Infantry Battalion
15 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 2, 9th Infantry Battalion
22 Aug 1916:	Involvement 879, 9th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 879 awm_unit: 9th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Company Sergeant Major awm_died_date: 1916-08-22

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