James (Jim) CARROLL MM

James (Jim) CARROLL MM Update Details

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Service Number:	2564
Enlisted:	26 May 1915, Fought in Gallipoli and The Western Front.
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bourke, New South Wales, Australia, 25 May 1893
Home Town:	Cobar, Cobar, New South Wales
Schooling:	Mercy Sisters Cobar, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Electrical linesman
Died:	Natural Causes, Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia, 24 April 1980, aged 86 years
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Old Presbyterian section with his wife Hazel Oliver Carroll
Memorials:	Cobar War Memorial

26 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 2564, 15th Infantry Battalion, Fought in Gallipoli and The Western Front.
16 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 2564, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
16 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 2564, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
8 Aug 1916:	Wounded Corporal, 2564, 15th Infantry Battalion, wounded at Pozieres - GSW jaw severe
26 Sep 1917:	Wounded Corporal, 2564, 15th Infantry Battalion, wounded at Zonnebeke in the leg and ankle
31 May 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, awarded due to bravery at Zonnebeke on 26/9/1917

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