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JAMES, William
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 2695a, 2695 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 August 1915, Enlisted at Naracoorte SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Reedy Creek via Kingston, South Australia, 16 March 1887 |
| Home Town: | Reedy Creek, Kingston, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Heart attack, West Croydon, South Australia, 16 November 1967, aged 80 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Cremated on 20 November 1967 |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 3 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2695a, Enlisted at Naracoorte SA | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2695, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2695, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide | |
| 3 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2695a |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
31 March 1916 - Awarded 24 Hours detention for insubordination
25 July 1916 - Wounded in action, gunshot wound to the shoulder
28 March 1919 - Returned to Australia on board Pooma
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
RSL Information
9 July 1920 - Joined Lucindale Sub Branch
Mini badge 19745
Paper cutting on the bach of his membership card state that his funeral was to leave premises of Funeral Direstors F.T. Elliott, 95 Port Road, Hindmarsh at 11.15am for Sir John McLeahy Chapel Crematorium, Centennial Park, Pasadena, SA
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