YUILL, James Anderson
| Service Numbers: | 3312, 3312B, 3312, 3312B |
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| Enlisted: | 10 August 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kent Town, South Australia, 18 June 1887 |
| Home Town: | Glenelg, Holdfast Bay, South Australia |
| Schooling: | St. Peters College, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Shipping Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 22 August 1916, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glenelg St Michael's Memorial Chapel CHORISTERS Memorial Window, Glenelg and District WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Hackney St Peter's College Fallen Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3312, 3312B, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 12 Jan 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, 3312, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' |
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| 12 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, 3312, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Battle for Pozières | |
| 22 Aug 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3312B, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3312B awm_unit: 10 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-08-22 |
AUFC & AUCC - Anzac Day 2015
Extract from the Adelaide University Football Club and Adelaide University Cricket Club document honouring "The Fallen" Anzac Day 2015.
James played with the Adelaide University Cricket Club in the 1911/12 Season while studying Commerce and working for the family shipping agent company. He also played Lacrosse for University and represented the State.
James enlisted on 10th August 1915 and joined the 10th Battalion in Egypt on 28th February 1916. On 4th August 1916, he was promoted to Lance Corporal. He was killed in action on 22nd August 1916, during the 10th Battalion’s attack on Mouquet Farm.
Submitted 15 May 2016 by Eleanor Filmer
Biography
"LATE LCE.-CPL. J. A. YUILL.
Deep regret will be felt in Adelaide and Sydney by news of the death of Lce.-Cpl. J. A. Yuill, who was killed in action in France on August 22. The deceased was educated at St. Peter's College, and subsequently employed with the Adelaide Steamship Company for several years. He was for a short period at Murat Bay, and then proceeded to Sydney, where he was associated with the well-known firm of Messrs. G. S. Yuill & Co., Limited. He was a resident of Glenelg for more than 20 years, and left Adelaide for the front early in January last. His younger brother, Pte. J. F. Yuill, who is serving with a machine gun company, has been wounded in France." - from the Adelaide Register 23 Sep 1916 (nla.gov.au)
James had no previous military experience and his only experience with weapons would have been that gained during the four months he was a member of Sydney Athletics Rifle Club.
He enlisted in Adelaide on 10 August 1915 and was posted to the Infantry Base Depot at Mitcham Camp where throughout September he attended an NCO Course. At the completion of the course, he was made an acting sergeant and allotted to the 7th quota of reinforcements for the 27th Battalion. A fortnight later, he was reallotted to the 8th quota and sailed with that quota aboard HMAT Borda on 12 January 1916.
Upon reaching Egypt, he was transferred to the 10th Battalion and at the end of February when he joined them at Serapeum was reverted to his substantive rank.
He was appointed lance corporal on 1 August but on 22 August just eight days short of his 29th birthday 3312b Lance Corporal Yuill, A Company, 10th Battalion was killed in action.
His brother Private John Ford Yuill, (OS) 25th Battalion AIF was wounded in France and invalided home to Australia in 1917. His eldest brother Private William Keith Yuill, (OS) 53rd Battalion AIF returned to Australia after the war.
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