NEELY, James
| Service Number: | 475 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 March 1915, An original of B Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1886 |
| Home Town: | North Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Ink manufacturer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 29 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 475, 24th Infantry Battalion, An original of B Company | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 475, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 475, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
James was the son of Ernest Alexander Neely and Charlotte Neely, of North Melbourne. His dad worked on the Victorian railways, and passed away in 1913.
James served at Gallipoli from September 1915. He was killed during the 24th Battalion’s first engagement on the Western Front at Pozieres. His younger brother 1593 Pte. John Neely 7th Battalion AIF had been killed in action at Lone Pine on 8 August 1915, aged 26.
Another brother, 1547 Pte. Leonard William Neely 27th Battalion AIF, was sent home to Australia due to a shrapnel wound to his arm and compound fracture to his humerus bone for which he was listed as dangerously ill in June 1917. He returned on 20 December 1917.