GARVEY, James Andrew
| Service Number: | 59037 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 February 1918 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements |
| Born: | Sydney, NSW, 4 March 1889 |
| Home Town: | Casino, Richmond Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | 30 Diadem Street, Lismore, NSW, 18 May 1946, aged 57 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 8 Feb 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 59037, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements | |
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| 17 Jul 1918: | Involvement Private, 59037, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jul 1918: | Embarked Private, 59037, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, HMAT Borda, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
MR. JAMES GARVEY
There was a large attendance yesterday at the funeral of Mr. James Andrew Garvey, of Diadem Street, Lismore, which moved from St. Carthage's Cathedral following a service conducted by Rev. Father Radford, assisted by Rev. Father Duggan. In recognition of the service of the deceased in the 1914-18 war, members of the Returned Soldiers' League attended the funeral and acted as pall-bearers. After the lowering of the casket, the "Last Post" was sounded by Mr. A. Mc Farlane. The President (Mr. C. A. Wilson) and the Secretary (Mr. J. Connolly) officially represented the R.S.L. Wreaths were carried by Messrs. C. Kelly, A. Casey, W. Schrieber and F. Percival, and Messrs. V. Linnane. W. Amesbury, W. Robertson, R. Hindmareh, W. Symonds and E. Stratford acted as pall-bearers.
Deceased, who died at St. Vincent's Hospital on Saturday, was 57 years of age. A son-of the late Mr. and Mrs. P. Garvey, of Bangalow, he was born in Sydney and had lived on the Northern Rivers for the greater part of his life. For the last seven years he lived with his sister (Mrs. N. McLean), of Diadem Street.
Enlisting in 1917, he saw service in France and Belgium and was a member of the War Graves Commission. His elder brother, Lawrence Patrick, was killed at Gallipoli in 1915. A sister (Catherine) predeceased him in 1942. He is survived by five sisters, Mrs.
J. G. Walker (Mullumbimby), Mrs. Knight (Sydney), Mrs. Greg ory (Backmede), Mrs. Lentaigne (Bangalow), and Mrs. McLean (Lismore). Funeral arrangements were conducted by Mr. James Sweeney.
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