MORTIMORE, James Alfred
| Service Number: | 4256 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Princetown, Devon, England., 1882 |
| Home Town: | Cuballing, Cuballing, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 16 June 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Bethune, Nord Pas de Calais Grave . H. 56. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cuballing War Memorial, Cuballing Yornaning District Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4256, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
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| 17 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4256, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Fremantle | |
| 16 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 4256, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4256 awm_unit: 1st Australian Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-06-16 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was born at Princetown, a village in the Dartmoor national park in the English county of Devon. It is the principal settlement of the civil parish of Dartmoor Forest.
The village has its origins in 1785, when Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt, Secretary to the Prince of Wales, leased a large area of moorland from the Duchy of Cornwall estate, hoping to convert it into good farmland. He encouraged people to live in the area and suggested that a prison be built there. He called the settlement Princetown after the Prince of Wales.
Princetown is the site of Dartmoor Prison. At around 1,430 feet above sea level-it is the highest settlement on the moor, and one of the highest in the United Kingdom. It is also the largest settlement located on the high moor.
He was 34 and the son Son of Elias and Matilda Ann Mortimore, of Brook Cottage, South Zeal, Okehampton, Devon, England.
He is honoured on the THROWLEIGH WAR MEMORIAL in Devon.
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