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Service Number:	11923
Enlisted:	29 July 1915, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Field Ambulance
Born:	Chester, England, 1878
Home Town:	Darlinghurst, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Wardsman
Died:	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 1942, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW Catholic area 2, Section 62, Grave 95. Interred on 3 August 1942
Memorials:

29 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 11923, 9th Field Ambulance, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW
11 May 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 11923, 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 AIF WW1, Private, 11923, 9th Field Ambulance, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
4 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 11923, 9th Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of James Cape and Cecelia Cape of Chester, England

Husband of Mary Winnifred Robinson Cape of Woolcott Street, Darlinghurst, NSW. Wife known as Winifred. James and Winnifred were married during 1916c

Commenced return to Australia on 1919 aboard HT Ormonde disembarking on the 4 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal