James PENNYCUICK

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PENNYCUICK, James

Service Number:	6333
Enlisted:	1 June 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Jericho, Tasmania, Australia, 7 June 1895
Home Town:	Bothwell, Central Highlands, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in action, Belgium, 8 October 1917, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bothwell War Memorial, Men of Bothwell Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Oatlands Soldiers Memorial

World War 1 Service

1 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6333, 12th Infantry Battalion
24 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 6333, 12th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Botanist embarkation_ship_number: A59 public_note: ''
24 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 6333, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Botanist, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

James and his older brother joined the 12th Battalion in France around Christmas 1916. His brother 6592 Pte. Alan Maynard Pennycuick was killed in action at Lagnicourt sometime between 6/10 April, 1917, aged 26. James was shot and wounded in the thigh during the same battle but rejoined the 12th Battalion during May 1917.

They were the sons of John and Rosa Jane Pennycuick, of Broadmarsh, Tasmania.

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