LOVATT, James Muncaster
| Service Number: | 303 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Didsbury, Manchester, England, United Kingdom, 1881 |
| Home Town: | Redland Bay, Redland, Queensland |
| Schooling: | The Leys School, Cambridge, England |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 30, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cleveland Redlands Honour Roll, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Redland Bay War Memorial, Tingalpa Shire Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 303 | |
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| 24 Sep 1914: | Involvement Sergeant, 303, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Sep 1914: | Embarked Sergeant, 303, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Dec 1881 LOVATT James Muncaster Chorlton 8c 604
He went to The Leys School in 1896 at the age of 15 and went into North B House.
In 1899, he emigrated to Australia.
At the outbreak of war,he enlisted in the 9th Battalion, Australian Infantry at Redland Bay, Queensland. He was killed in action on 25 April 1915 at the age of 34, having reached the rank of Sergeant (Serial No. 303).
He is one of three Australian casualties of the Great War who are commemorated on the Leys School War Memorial.
Leys School is a co-educational Independent school in Trumpington Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 7AD,United Kingdom. It is now a day and boarding school for about 560 pupils between the ages of eleven and eighteen,
In the First World War, 927 Leysians joined the armed services and 146 of them died. A memorial to the old Leysians who died, costing £48,000 and funded by donation, was unveiled on 6 June 1920 by the Duke of York. The memorial consists of four rows of names divided in the middle by a statue of an armoured St George, below which is written "To The Immortal Memory of Old Leysians Who Fell In The War Of 1914–1919", and in large block capitals the words "My Marks And Scars With Me To Be A Witness For Me That I Have Fought His Battles Who Now Will Be My Reward."
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 31 years
Son of James Lovatt and Mary Elizabeth Lovatt nee Mancaster of 'The Gables' Priory Avenue, Hastings, England formerly of Coed Celyn, North Wales
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Age on arrival in Australia 31
Next of kin
James Lovatt, Coed Celyn, Bettws Coed, North Wales.
Previous military service
He was Captain in Transvaal Cycle Corps, at Johannesburg about year 1904.
Enlistment date 20 August 1914
Rank on enlistment Sergeant
Unit name-9th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/26/1
Age at embarkation 33.
Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board Transport A5 S.S. Omrah on 24 September 1914.
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli.
He is remembered on the Hastings War Memorial.
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