James Alderson YATES (YEATES)

YATES (YEATES), James Alderson

    Service Number: 5906
    Enlisted: 16 November 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Sapper
    Last Unit: 2nd Divisional Signal Company
    Born: Newcastle, England, 1897
    Home Town: Northcote, Darebin, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, 18 May 1954, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales
    Floral Court, AIF Wall Panel, Row K, Niche 009
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    World War 1 Service

    16 Nov 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5906, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    28 Jan 1916: Involvement Sapper, 5906, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
    28 Jan 1916: Embarked Sapper, 5906, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
    29 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 5906, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Surname on the Attestation Paper is spelt Yeates

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    Son of Henry Yates (Yeates) and Mary Emma Yates (Yeates) of Robert Street, Northcote, Victoria

    Commenced return to Australia on 3 July 1919 aboard HT Malta disembarking on the 7 August 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1921c James married Florence May Chapman in Victoria

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