James Edward TREACY

TREACY, James Edward

    Service Number: 1099
    Enlisted: 16 March 1916, Enlisted at Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, aged 18 years and 11 months. Next of Kin (Mother) Sarah Treacy, Grahamstown via Adelong, New South Wales.
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: Mechanical Transport Companies (AIF - WW1)
    Born: Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 27 March 1897
    Home Town: Grahamstown, Tumut Shire, New South Wales
    Schooling: Shepardstown School, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Died from injuries sustain during war, Grahamstown, New South Wales, Australia, 18 May 1926, aged 29 years
    Cemetery: Adelong Cemetery, NSW
    Headstone has been erected but plot number unknown.

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    World War 1 Service

    16 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1099, Enlisted at Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, aged 18 years and 11 months. Next of Kin (Mother) Sarah Treacy, Grahamstown via Adelong, New South Wales.
    9 Sep 1916: Involvement Private, 1099, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    9 Sep 1916: Embarked Private, 1099, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
    10 Apr 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1099, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Proceeded to France ex England, and marched in to Etaples on 11 April 1917. Taken on the strength of 3rd Battalion on 2 May.
    4 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1099, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge, Wounded in action during the Battle of Broodseinde, part of the Third Ypres campaign. The 3rd Battalion took part in the 1st Division’s assault on the Broodseinde Ridge, one of the most successful Australian operations of the war. Pte. Treacy sustained a gunshot wound to the neck and was evacuated.
    25 Nov 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1st Light Trench Mortar Battery, Rejoined 1st LTMB, operating in the Ypres sector of Belgium. Remained with that unit through to leave on 13 February 1918 in the UK.
    5 Jun 1918: Involvement Australian General Base Depot (AIF), Marched in to the AGBD at Havre. Rejoined the 1st Australian Light Motor Transport Brigade on 14 June in France, but 3 days later he was admitted sick to the 15th CCS. On 30 June, marched again in to the AGBD at Havre.
    20 Jun 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1099, Mechanical Transport Companies (AIF - WW1), Left England for Australia aboard "H.T. Konig Frederich August", disembarking at Sydney on 10 August 1919.
    25 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1099, Mechanical Transport Companies (AIF - WW1), Discharged from the 1st Australian Divisional Mechanical Transport Company at Sydney.

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