James UNDERDOWN

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Service Numbers:	4650, 484
Enlisted:	7 January 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	31st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Barcaldine, Queensland, Australia, 17 December 1889
Home Town:	Beerburrum, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer/Apprentice
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 25 February 1951, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 12 Section 6
Memorials:

7 Jan 1915:	Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 4650, 31st Infantry Battalion
24 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 484, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
24 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 484, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Brisbane
23 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 4650, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
23 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 4650, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
7 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4650, 31st Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right shoulder.
19 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4650, 31st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as wounded

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Son of James Underdown Lock and Ann Underdown nee a yardman of Longreach General Hospital, QLD.

Briefly apprenticed to Meecham & Leyland Plumbers of Longreach, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 18 December 1918 as wounded aboard HT Aeneas disembarking on 5 February at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

In 1926c James married Eva Bell in QLD