MCCUBBING , James Unwin
| Service Number: | 454 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Quartermaster Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glasgow, Scotland, 16 February 1885 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 28 January 1970, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | East Fremantle Municipality Roll of Honour, Fremantle Scots Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Aug 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 22 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 454, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
| 2 Nov 1914: | Embarked 454, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle | |
| 2 Nov 1914: | Involvement 454, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 11 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 454, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW both knees | |
| 13 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Quartermaster Sergeant, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
| 8 Oct 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Quartermaster Sergeant, 454, 11th Infantry Battalion, ex Taranto per HT Port Sydney | |
| 23 Jan 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Quartermaster Sergeant, 454, 11th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1895, Jim was the fifth of nine children of Robert Swan McCubbin (b1852 in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland) and Charlotte (Lottie) Annie Elfrida Gover (b1864 in Madras, India). Robert (a Procurator) and Lottie married in 1883 in Yorkshire, England - Lottie's mother was Matron at the Blind School in Ecclesall Brierlow, Yorkshire. Richard and Lottie settled in Glasgow, Scotland and raised their family. Richard was a Solicitor, Writer and Bank Agent. Following his death in 1911, Lottie emigrated to Australia with daughters Frida, Mary and Jean, escorted by son John. Sons Robert and Charles were already in Canada.
Jim - a Clerk - had served two and a half years with the 86th Infantry when he enlisted in the AIF in August 1914 (Private; Service No:454). Jim was WiA at Gallipoli in April 1915 (GSW both knees), and was hospitalised in England. In July 1915 he married Louisa Cook (b1896 in Dorking, Surrey) and served in France before returning to Australia for Discharge in 1919.
Louise joined him in 1919 (arriving on board the Balmoral Castle) and the couple settled in Claremont, Fremantle WA where Jim worked as a Clerk. Jim died in 1970 and Louise in 1986.
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