Waldo Albert (Sport) JAMES

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JAMES, Waldo Albert

Service Number:	2900
Enlisted:	23 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 20 September 1892
Home Town:	Boulder, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Boulder Central School, Western Australia
Occupation:	Brewer
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 6 August 1916, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Serre Road Cemetery No.2 Beaumont Hamel, France Plot XIII, Row J, Grave No. 15, Serre Road Cemetery No 2, Beaumont Hamel, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boulder Roll of Honor, Boulder Roll of Honour Board, Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

23 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2900, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
5 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 2900, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
5 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 2900, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Hororata, Fremantle
6 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 2900, 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2900 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-06

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Waldo Albert James body was found in 1928 during the course of exhumation work near Pozieres and reinterred in a military cemetery. His younger brother 3498 Pte. Gomer Lewis James 16th Battalion AIF died of wounds 3 weeks after his brother on 30 August 1916. The two brothers both worked at the Boulder City Brewery prior to the war.

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