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WESTWOOD, James Young
Personal Details
Service Number: | 798 |
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Enlisted: | 11 January 1916, Enlisted at Casula, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Sapper |
Last Unit: | Mining Corps |
Born: | At Sea, date not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Miner |
Died: | Killed in Action, Germany, France, 22 August 1918, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Niederzwehren Cemetery Plot 1V, Row K Grave 5, Niederzwehren Cemetery, Niederzwehren, Germany, Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, Daours, Picardie, France, Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Leichhardt War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
11 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 798, Enlisted at Casula, New South Wales | |
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20 Feb 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 798, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
20 Feb 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 798, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
20 Feb 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 798, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
20 Feb 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 798, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
21 Aug 1918: | Involvement Sapper, 798, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 798 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1918-08-21 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
10 July 1917 - Captured at Nieuport. Died of wounds, bullet wound to the chest and starvation
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal