MITCHELL, James Alexander
| Service Number: | 191 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 August 1915, Orginally enlisted 16/6/1915 declared medically unfit |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Jesmond, New South Wales, Australia, 25 July 1882 |
| Home Town: | Lambton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner (South Waratah Colliery) |
| Died: | Hit by a car, Hexham, , New South Wales, Australia, 18 June 1935, aged 52 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CONGRGATIONAL-2CSW. 42. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 191, Mining Corps, Orginally enlisted 16/6/1915 declared medically unfit | |
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| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 191, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 191, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 191, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 191, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 21 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 191, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, died tragically, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
89 years ago today, on the Thursday afternoon of the 20th June 1935, Sapper James Alexander Mitchell, referred to as Jim, 1st Australian Tunnelling Company (Reg No-191), miner (South Waratah Colliery), from Young Road and 1 Nerong Road, Lambton, New South Wales and Maitland Road, Hexham, N.S.W., father of four (Alice, Jim, Jack, William), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 52. CONGRGATIONAL-2CSW. 42.
Born at Jesmond, New South Wales on the 25th July 1882 to James Smith, died 9.9.1908, Robert Street, Jesmond, N.S.W., age 74, and Martha Mitchell nee Hale, died 25.6.1912, Robert Street, Jesmond, N.S.W., age 65, mother of 11; husband of Margaret (Martha, Maggie) Jane Mitchell nee Owens, married 1906, Lambton, N.S.W., died 24.12.1945, Lambton, N.S.W., age 55, sleeping here, Jim enlisted on the 16th June 1915 with the Mining Corps at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Discharged 26.6.1915 (medically unfit).
Reenlisted 2.8.1915, Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on the 20th February 1916.
Proceeded on leave from 2.11.1918 to 13.12.1918.
Commenced return to Australia 12.4.1919.
Jim arrived home on the 6th June 1919, being discharged on the 21st July 1919.
Mr. Mitchell’s name has been inscribed on the Lambton Park Citizens' Memorial Gates, Lambton/New Lambton Municipal District Roll of Honor and the Lambton Lodge Independent Order of Oddfellows Roll of Honour.
The tragic circumstances of Jim’s death were reported (see links: car accident).
I have placed poppies at Jim’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Younger brother Thomas James Mitchell, born 3.9.1891, Jesmond, N.S.W., married loco engine cleaner from Hill Street, North Lambton, N.S.W., enlisted 1.11.1915, 17th Battalion, Reg No-3872, KIA 4.8.1916, age 24, 20th Battalion, Reg No-3872A, resting at Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle, France. Plot IV Row O Grave 42.
Younger brother John Henry Mitchell, referred to as Jock or Jack, born 13.3.1885, Jesmond, N.S.W., hospital attendant from Hill Street, North Lambton, N.S.W., enlisted 13.7.1915, 2nd Australian General Hospital, Special Reinforcements, Reg No-8080, DOW 8.8.1918, age 33, 4th Australian Field Ambulance, resting at Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Plot III Row E Grave 2.
See Tunnellers - http://www.tunnellers.net/
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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