James Albert HAIGH

HAIGH, James Albert

    Service Number: 6065
    Enlisted: 20 August 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 24th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 29 July 1896
    Home Town: Parramatta, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Engine Cleaner
    Died: St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, 23 October 1973, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW
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    World War 1 Service

    20 Aug 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6065, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    31 Oct 1916: Involvement Private, 6065, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
    31 Oct 1916: Embarked Private, 6065, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
    2 Aug 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6065, 24th Infantry Battalion, Accidentally wounded. Transferred to England on 13 August 1917 aboard HS St. Andrew. Both arms and chest. Left arm later amputated
    3 Apr 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6065, 24th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to amputation

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Herman Haigh and Margaret Ann Haigh nee McCarthy of Church Street, Parramatta, NSW. Brother of John Edgar Haigh, Herman Haigh and Tom Elgar Haigh

    Commenced return to Australia on 10 January 1918 aboard HT Corinthic disembarkingo n 7 March 1918

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1920c James married Muriel C. Defraine in Ashfield, NSW

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