MELBOURNE, James
| Service Number: | 2515 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | York, WA, 1876 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Groom |
| Died: | Murdered, Melbourne, Vic., 13 December 1937 |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Unmarked Grave |
| Memorials: | South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2515, 5th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 2515, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 2515, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of an aboriginal woman called Sarah and Charles MELBOURNE
MELBOURNE, Dec. 3.—Following the discovery by police on Sunday morning of the body of a half-caste aboriginal named James Edward Melbourne, in the room of a house at which he lived in Tope-street, South Melbourne, George Thomas Moore (60), shearer, of Tope street, South Melbourne, appeared at the South Melbourne Court today, charged with having, on or about December 11, murdered Melbourne. Detective H. R. Donelly said that, at 9.30 am. on Sunday, the body of James Edward Melbourne was found in the kitchen of a house in Tope-street. His head had been battered. At the rear of the house a bloodstained axe was found. Moore was in the house. At the detective office, it was alleged, Moore made certain admissions regarding Melbourne's death. No application was made for bail and a remand until Monday was granted.
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