WITHERS, James Stanley
| Service Numbers: | 1610, 1610A |
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| Enlisted: | 16 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 17 March 1890 |
| Home Town: | West Maitland, Maitland, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | West Maitland Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Mayfield East, New South Wales, Australia, 14 June 1945, aged 55 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-64. 50 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1610, 33rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1610, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1610, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney | |
| 30 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1610A, 53rd Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
80 years ago today, on the Friday afternoon of the 15th June 1945, Private James Stanley Withers, 53rd Battalion (Reg No- 1610A), labourer from West Maitland, New South Wales and 26 Clara Street, Mayfield East, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 55. CATHOLIC 2-64. 50.
Born at West Maitland, New South Wales on the 17th March 1890 to Joseph Vincent and Margaret Mary Withers nee Sullivan, from West Tamworth, N.S.W. and Gidley Street, West Maitland, N.S.W.; husband of Eva Withers nee Baxter, married 1921, Newcastle, N.S.W., died 15.12.1947, Mayfield, N.S.W., age 53, sleeping here, James enlisted on the 15th March 1916 with the 33rd Battalion at Armidale, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A74 Marathon on the 4th May 1916.
Disembarked Plymouth, England 9.7.1916.
Transferred to 53rd Battalion 30.9.1916.
Granted leave to England from 19.11.1917 to 5.12.1918 and 19.10.1918 to 4.11.1918.
Wounded in action 28.4.1918 - (not stated, remained at duty), 29.7.1918 (GSW or SW right forearm).
Commenced return to Australia 31.3.1919.
James arrived home invalided on the 16th May 1919, being discharged on the 30th June 1919.
Mr. Withers’s name has not been inscribed on the West Maitland and District Roll of Honor or the West Maitland Superior Public School Roll of Honour or any known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
I have placed poppies at James’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Younger brother Clarence Septimus Withers, also known as Clarrie or Clarry, born 4.9.1898, Tamworth, New South Wales, labourer from West Tamworth, New South Wales, enlisted 27.12.1915, discharged, underage, re-enlisted 17.4.1916, 33rd Battalion, Reg No-1615, RTA 14.2.1919, 53rd Battalion, died 15.7.1955, age 56, officially commemorated – https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html..., also resting at the cemetery - CATHOLIC 2-67. 31.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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