James BLADE

BLADE, James

Service Number: 6849
Enlisted: 5 May 1916, Enlisted Maude NSW initially allocated to B Company 2nd Depot Battalion Cootamundra posted to 22nd reinforcement’s 4th Battalion at Liverpool Camp NSW on 8th Nov 1916
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 4th Infantry Battalion
Born: Stawell, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Maude, Hay, New South Wales
Schooling: Stawell State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Station Cook
Died: Killed in Action, France, 11 September 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

5 May 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6849, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Maude NSW initially allocated to B Company 2nd Depot Battalion Cootamundra posted to 22nd reinforcement’s 4th Battalion at Liverpool Camp NSW on 8th Nov 1916
8 Nov 1916: Involvement Private, 6849, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Nicholson embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
8 Nov 1916: Embarked Private, 6849, 4th Infantry Battalion, SS Port Nicholson, Sydney
20 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of the 4th Battalion in the field France
28 Apr 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6849, 4th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, Wounded Trench Foot evacuated to UK for treatment and convalescence
22 Apr 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6849, 4th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, Shrapnel wound back evacuated to England for treatment and convalescence
11 Sep 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6849, 4th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, Missing in action Battle of Epehy Hindenburg Outpost Line Declared killed in action by Board of inquiry held in February 1919
11 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6849, 4th Infantry Battalion, Killed in Action Battle of Epehy Hindenburg Outpost line by Board of Inquiry 22 February 1919// Originally declared missing in action

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James Blade

Station Cook of  Nap Nap Station Maude via Hay NSW