James Douglas HAIG

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Service Number:	583
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Enlisted at Prahran, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Royal Flying Corps
Born:	Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farming Clerk
Died:	Killled in action - Aircraft shot down, Thasos, East Mediterranean, 20 May 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Name appears on the Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton, England
Memorials:

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 583, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Prahran, Victoria
21 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 583, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 583, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne
29 Feb 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 583, 5th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District
28 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Royal Flying Corps, In England

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Son of William R. Haig and Harriette Haig of Lyndhurst Crescent, Hawthorn, Victoria

Commenced return to Australla on 29 August 1915 aboard HT Euripides

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal