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STRONG, James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 166 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 February 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | St. Arnaud, Vic., 1884 |
| Home Town: | Jandakot, City of Cockburn, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Woolston College Southampton England |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 29 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 166, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 166, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 166, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Francis Drake and Mary STRONG, La Maison, BITTERNE, Southamption, Hants, England
Full name James Pomeroy Drake STRONG
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