GEMMELL, James Porter
| Service Number: | 4109 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 December 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cobden, Victoria, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Cobden, Corangamite, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Jancourt State School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 9 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cobden Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour, Cobden War Memorial, Scott's & Cowley's Creek Roll of Honor, Scott's & Cowley's Creek Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4109, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 7 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4109, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4109, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 9 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4109, 24th Infantry Battalion, Raid on Celtic Wood |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Deb Robinson
"Private J. P. Gemmell.
Intense regret will be expressed by the many friends of Mr. and Mrs. G Gemmell, of Bostocks Creek, at the announcement that their second son, Private James Porter Gemmell, was killed in action on October 9. This additional blow follows closely on the receipt of the news that their eldest son had died of wounds in France, and a wave of sincerest sympathy will go out towards the sadly bereaved parents in their hour of poignant sorrow. The late hero who has spent all his life in the district, enlisted at Kennedy's Creek, and has been on active service for nineteen months. Paying the supreme sacrifice at the youthful age of 24, he was of a particularly fine and upright character, and of him it may he truly said— "Those who knew him best, loved him most." He has now joined his gallant brother, and although no longer visible to mortal ken. he still lives, and will continue to live for years, in the memory of an admiring circle of friends who held him in the highest esteem." - from the Cobden Times and Heytesbury Advertiser 17 Nov 1917 (nla.gov.au)
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