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LINKLATER, James Munro
| Service Number: | 2941 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 February 1916, Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wilmington, South Australia, 25 May 1892 |
| Home Town: | Wilmington, Mount Remarkable, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Natural causes, Adelaide, South Australia, 26 July 1969, aged 77 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Derrick Garden of Remembrance |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Scots Church WW1 Honour Board, Hammond Roll of Honor, North Adelaide Queens School Honour Board, Wilmington District WW1 Honour Boards |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2941, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Adelaide | |
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| 11 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 2941, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 2941, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide | |
| 19 Sep 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 21 Jun 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2941, 32nd Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, Shrapnel wound right forearm | |
| 23 Sep 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2941, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HT Runic, England for return to Australia medically unfit - arriving 22 November 1918. | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 2941, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 16 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2941, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 2941, 32nd Infantry Battalion |
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James Munro Linklater was born in Wilmington, South Australia 1893. He lived in Wilmington, South Australia, with his mother Elizabeth Kelly, father Edwin, brother William Edwin and his sisters Elma Mary and Jane Edith. The Great War came whilst he was working as a Farm Hand. He decided to enlist in the Australia Imperial Force (A.I.F) on the 18th of February 1916 at the age of 23 years. According to his attestation papers he was described as 5’8”, weighing 146lbs (66kgs), with blue eyes and dark hair.
Linklater embarked from Port Adelaide, South Australia, on board the HMAT A60 Aeneas, to Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt. After training in Egypt, he departed from Alexandria and disembarked in Marseilles, France. On the 24th August 1916 he was taken on strength with the 32nd Battalion. On the 19th September he had trench foot and was transported by Field Ambulance. After initial treatment in France he was transported by Hospital Shp Formosa to England and admitted to the 2nd War Hospltal in Birmingham. He alos spent time in the 3rd Auxiliary Hospital followed by time at depot before proceeding back to France in March 1918.
21 June 1918 Linklater was wounded in action with a gun shot wound to his right arm, and after treatment at Casualty Clearing Stations was transferred to England. He convalesced at the No 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital at Harefield from July 1918 before being discharged to base at Weymouth. Due to a compound fracture of his right forearm he was considered medically unfit and was returned to Australia departing 23 September 1918. He arrived back to Australia on the 22nd of November 1918.
Linklater was officially discharged from war on the 16th of February 1919, having served three years. In 1923 he married Violet Rose Lehmann, and they welcomed a son, James Murno Linklater (II) in 1924. He passed away on 26th July 1969, at the age of 77, and was buried at Centennial Park, Pasadena.
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