PRINCE, James William
| Service Number: | 2230 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron |
| Born: | Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia, 16 October 1897 |
| Home Town: | Mudgee, Mid-Western Regional, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | 16 January 1961, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 4-28. 45. |
| Memorials: | Gulgong and Mudgee District Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2230, 7th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 11 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 2230, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 2230, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
| 21 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2230, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery.
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
63 years ago today, on the 18th January 1961, Private James William Prince, 2nd Australian Light Horse Brigade (Machine Gun Squadron, Reg No-2230), farmer from Appletree Flat, Mudgee, New South Wales and Hamilton?, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 63. METHODIST 4-28. 45.
Born at Mudgee, New South Wales on the 16th October 1897 to Charles and Mary Prince; husband of Minnie Alberta Prince nee Fenwick (married 1923, Sydney, N.S.W., died 8.9.1975, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 74, sleeping here.
James enlisted on the 26th August 1915 with the 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment, 15th Reinforcement, at Lithgow, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A67 Orsova on the 11th March 1916.
Admitted to hospital 13.7.1916 (pyrexia), 13.10.1917 (malaria), 1.8.1918 (malaria).
Commenced return to Australia 28.6.1919.
James arrived home on the 3rd August 1919, being discharged on the 25th September 1919.
Mr. Prince’s name has been inscribed on the Gulgong and Mudgee District Roll of Honor. A member of the All Nations Lodge, G.U.U.O.O.F.
I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label at James’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Younger brother George Henry Francis (born 26.11.1900, Mudgee, New South Wales, farmer from Appletree Flat, Mudgee, New South Wales, enlisted 16.1.1918, Mudgee, N.S.W., unfit for active service, overlapping left small toe, died?).
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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