AYERS, James
| Service Number: | 829 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cobar, New South Wales, Australia, 3 October 1883 |
| Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, 7 September 1947, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (General) Road 5, path 5, grave 55 |
| Memorials: | Broken Hill Barrier District Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 829, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 829, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide | |
| 29 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 829, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 829, 10th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Lemar
James was born at Orange, NSW on 3 October 1883. He had some ten siblings and half siblings.
He joined the AIF at age 32 at Morphettville SA having travelled from Broken Hill on 19 August 1914. He was allocated service no. 829 and posted to the 10th Battalion.
He embarked with his battalion on 20 October 1914 for Egypt then to the Gallipoli Peninsula arriving at Gallipoli around the time of the landings in 1915. He was promoted to Lance Corporal. On 17 July 1915, he was admitted to hospital at Gallipoli suffering diarrhoea and from pleurisy.
He was transferred to a hospital in Egypt. On 1 October 1915, he returned to Australia and was admitted to Keswick Military Hospital. He was discharged as medically unfit on 8 November 1915. He was granted a military pension of £52 per annum.
He was awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.
James died on 7 September 1947.
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