James Greeson HIRCOLL

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HIRCOLL, James Greeson

Service Numbers:	863, 333
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	1st Field Company Engineers
Born:	Alberta Canyon, Canada, 8 February 1889
Home Town:	Woollahra, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	St Joseph's School, High Street, Deptford, London, England
Occupation:	Bridge Carpenter
Died:	Septic pneumonia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 5 August 1916, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Rookwood Necropolis, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

10 Apr 1915:	Involvement Sapper, 863, 1st Field Company Engineers, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
10 Apr 1915:	Embarked Sapper, 863, 1st Field Company Engineers, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
5 Aug 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 333, 1st Field Company Engineers, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 333 awm_unit: 1st Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1916-08-05

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Biography contributed by Carrie Henderson

Sapper James Greeson Hircoll, 1st Field Company Engineers. A bridge carpenter of Woollahra, NSW (originally, London, England), prior to enlistment, he embarked from Sydney with the 4th Reinforcements aboard HMAT Argyllshire on 10 April 1915. He served 11 months on Gallipoli before he was sent to hospital with influenza. He developed shell shock and returned to Australia on 17 March 1916 to be discharged from service due to shell shock and an injury to his foot. In June that same year, he was accidently struck by a tram; he died in hospital on 5 August 1916, aged 25.

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