James BATES

BATES, James

Service Number: 7449
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 5th Infantry Battalion
Born: Brentford, England, 5 January 1896
Home Town: Rupanyup, Yarriambiack, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Geelong, Victoria, 5 June 1948, aged 52 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

4 Aug 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7449, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
4 Aug 1917: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7449, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne

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Biography

Returned to Australia 13th July 1919 and farmed on a Soldier Settlement property in Raluana, Victoria.

Relocated to Connewarre, Geelong, Victoria with with wife Lucy Milton and children Gwenda b.1923 and James (Jack) b.1924

Buried at East Geelong Cemetery, Geelong, Victoria.