James CASEY

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Service Number:	4641
Enlisted:	15 October 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Waterford, Ireland, 1880
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cook
Died:	Tuberculosis, Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 20 July 1918
Cemetery:	South Brisbane Cemetery, Queensland Part A, Portion 3,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

15 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4641, Enlisted at Brisbane
31 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 4641, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
31 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 4641, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Brisbane
11 Apr 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4641, Discharged 1st Military District(Brisbane) as medically unfit due to defective eyesight which had resulted from his mining occupation in the Philippines

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Son of Maggie Casey of Waterford Ireland; husband of Alice Maud Casey of Spring Hill, Brisbane, QLD

9 May 1916 - to hospital in Heliopolis with Pneumonia

5 July 1916 commenced return to Australia on board HT Karoola disembarking at Syndey for discharge

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

24 November 1917 - diagnosed with advanced Tuberculosis