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YATES, James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 12099 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1915, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | School Teacher |
| Died: | St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, 1964, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 12099, 9th Field Ambulance, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW | |
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| 11 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 12099, 9th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 11 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 12099, 9th Field Ambulance, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 22 Mar 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 12099, 9th Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to multiple fractures |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Marital given on enlistment was Widower with the next of kin being given as his daughter Iris May Yates of 'Mount Kiera', Woollongong, NSW who was born in 1913c. During 1910c James had married Ethel Koellner who later died during 1913c in Wollongong, NSW
Son of Clement Yates and Mary Yates of Wollongong, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 21 December 1917 aboard HT Persic disembarking on the 12 February 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney