James Hanson WINCH

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WINCH, James Hanson

Service Number:	1320
Enlisted:	26 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Camden Town, London, England, 1878
Home Town:	Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Painter
Died:	Illness - Pneumonia, 21st General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, Base Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 November 1915
Cemetery:	Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery Row B, Grave 129 Rev. I.J. Doafield, Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt, Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery, Coburg, Victoria, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

26 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1320, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
29 Mar 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 17th Infantry Battalion
12 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 1320, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
12 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 1320, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jun 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 17th Infantry Battalion
28 Aug 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 17th Infantry Battalion
1 Nov 1915:	Involvement Sergeant, 1320, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1320 awm_unit: 17th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-11-01

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Address at the time of enlistment was 39 Pitt Street, Redfern, NSW

Next of kin given as his brother Charles W. Winch of 99 Strand on the Green, Chiswick, London, England

Husband of Alice Elizabeth Winch of Randwick, NSW lster of Mornigton Road, Regents Park, London, England. Father of Doris Evelyn Winch, Amy Florence Wince and John James Winch

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Served a 7 years apprenticeship with Maples Ltd of London

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