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TRAYNOR, James Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 979 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 August 1914, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1880 |
| Home Town: | Albert Park, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Boundary Rider |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 24 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 979, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 979, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 979, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 979, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shell wound to the left shoulder and invalided to Malta on 13 August 1915 | |
| 20 Nov 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, IN the field | |
| 17 Feb 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, At Tel-el-Kebir | |
| 24 Jul 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 979, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 979 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-24 | |
| 7 Nov 1916: | Honoured Military Medal, Citation reads:- This N.C.O. took up a position on the top of a dug-out from where he commanded the enemy bomb throwers among whom he caused many casualties and greatly assisted in warding off their attacks. Although exposed to shrapnel, machine gun and sniping fire he remained at his post till no longer required there. Source: Commonwealth Gazette No. 62 Date: 19 April 1917 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as his aunt Josephine Livingstone (nee Irving) of 55 Richardson Street, Albert Park, Vic. James was engaged to Edith Clarke of 'Woomerah', Cross Street, Double Bay, NSW
Medals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal were issued to his aunt Josephine Livingstone
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