PAGE, James William
| Service Number: | 4104 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bow, London, England, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Maylands, Bayswater, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | High Barnet England |
| Occupation: | Dairyman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 19 November 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 25 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maylands War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 11 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4104, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 28 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 4104, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 4104, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
James Page was born and raised in England. He was the son of James William and Grace Page. His father had died in England when he was about 15 years of age. Alexander arrived in Fremantle during 1910, and after the war his mother was living in Central Avenue, Maylands, Western Australia.
James was wounded by a shell when sheltering in a pill box. The streatcher bearers who were treating him stated he was then struck by pieces of a second shell whilst on the stretcher. He was buried in a marked grave close by. In 1919 the War Graves people exhumed his remains and buried them in the Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery. His identity disc was recovered in the process and returned to his mother.
James’s younger brother, 1082 Pte. Alexander Russell Robert Page also served in the 32nd Battalion and was reported killed in action 20 July 1916, aged 27.
Their widowed mother posted the following in the West Australian newspapers, ‘PAGE.—In loving memory of my only two sons, Alex. Page, killed in action at Fleurbaix July 20, 1916, also James Page, killed at Messines Ridge November 20, 1917, both 32nd Battalion.
In fancy I seem to hear them laughing or bursting into cheerful song;
But oh, when the lamps are lighted and they do not come along.’
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