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WAKEFIELD, James Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5474 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 March 1916, Broadmeadows, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Geelong High School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
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World War 1 Service
| 18 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5474, 8th Infantry Battalion, Broadmeadows, Vic. | |
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| 4 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5474, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5474, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 8 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5474, 8th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second) | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5474, 8th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5474, 8th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge, Killed in action |
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