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HAIG, James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 7505 |
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Enlisted: | 16 November 1916, Enlisted at Hobart, Tasmania |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1893 |
Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Carter |
Died: | Due to war service, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 6 April 1922 |
Cemetery: |
Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania Church of England area, Row DD, Grave 195. Headstone inscription reads: Father in thy Gracious keeping leave we now our loved one sleeping |
Memorials: | Hobart Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
16 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7505, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Hobart, Tasmania | |
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14 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 7505, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
14 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 7505, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
21 Jan 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 40th Infantry Battalion, From 12th Battalion | |
13 Aug 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7505, 40th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit due to Pleurisy |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
At the time of enlistment he was residing in Warwick Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Son of James Haig and Susannah Berzet Haig nee Wilkinson of Kangaroo Valley, Tasmania
Commenced return to Australia on 12 May 1918 aboard HT Gaika disembarking on 5 July 1918
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal