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HEASLIP, James Gordon
| Service Number: | 2097 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 July 1916, at Adelaide. |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dawson, South Australia, 6 July 1892 |
| Home Town: | Prospect, Prospect, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Memorials: | Prospect Roll of Honour G-Z WWI Board |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2097, 43rd Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide. | |
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| 28 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2097, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2097, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide | |
| 11 Jan 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 43rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 25 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, 2097, 43rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 26 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 2097, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Gas | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Lieutenant, 2097, 43rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 Jan 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 43rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 Apr 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 43rd Infantry Battalion |
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James Gordon Heaslip:
James Gordon Heaslip was born on the 6th of July in 1892. He was 23 years old on the 18 of December, 1915 when he had enlisted to go to war. Upon enlisting he was posted to the 3rd reinforcement of the 43rd Battalion in either June or July 1916. At the time of his enlistment he was 5 feet, 7 and a half inches tall, and weighed 136 pounds. He was reported as having a medium toned complexion, brown eyes and his hair was a dark colour. He didn’t have any distinctive marks or scars and his vision was 6/6 in each eye. He was given the service number of 2097. It was recorded that he was single up until after the war. Heaslip, a practicing Congregationalist, also worked as a grocer. He listed his mother Katherine Rebecca Sampson as his next of kin. His mother lived on the corner of Beatrice Street and Prospect Road, Prospect, SA. Heaslip also lived in Prospect. He was born in Dawson, South Australia. Heaslip earned a British ward medal and Victory medal.
Heaslip embarked from Adelaide on the Anchises on 25th August 1916, arriving at Plymouth on 11th October. He was an instructor until approximately December 1917 when he was sent to France on active service as a Corporal in the 43rd Battalion. From the 15th to the 27th of October 1917 Heaslip attened the Lewis gun course and he qualified 1st class.
Heaslip and his battalion were gassed on the 25th of May, 1918, and he spent several days in hospital. Heaslip survived and remained in France until approximately 12th July 1918, when he was posted to a Cadet College in Newmarket England. After the armistice of 11th November 1918, he was commissioned, and then returned to Australia in about August 1919. Before his return to Australia he was admitted to the 3rd London general hospital, Wandsworth, London, SW, England, on the 2nd of March with an illness. Heaslip departed England in July 1919 and his commission was terminated on 2nd October 1919 in Adelaide.
A short time later he was placed on the Reserve of Officers, where he remained until he retired in mid-1942.
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