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COURT, Wallace James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2487 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Bingara, New South Wales, Australia, September 1892 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Telephone Representative |
| Died: | Concord, New South Wales, Australia, 10 September 1949, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2487, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2487, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2487, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 13 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 10th Machine Gun Company | |
| 24 Apr 1917: | Honoured Military Medal | |
| 18 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant | |
| 15 May 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant | |
| 8 Jan 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Machine Gun Company | |
| 31 Jul 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2487, 3rd Machine Gun Company, Returned to Australia, HT Ulysses | |
| 17 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2487, 3rd Machine Gun Company |
Personal Stories
WW1
The details provided are taken from the book "Stealth Raiders - a few daring men in 1918" written by Lucas Jordan, published 2017 - refer to pages 148 + 264. Prior to the war he was a monitor in a telephone exchange in Sydney NSW. He enlisted 10th June 1915 aged 23 years. He served with the 4th Infantry Battalion, earning a Military Medal before being promoted to Lieutenant. He survived the war and departed the UK for home 31st May 1919.
Submitted 27 January 2020 by Maxwell HILL
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