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BATES, James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 7449 |
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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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Service History
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: '' | |
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4 Aug 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7449, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne |
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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.