MACKS, James
| Service Number: | 2681 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 May 1916, also unsuccessfully 30/12/1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 54th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney New South Wales, Australia, 1 August 1876 |
| Home Town: | Mudgee, Mid-Western Regional, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer/cook |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 25 January 1925, aged 48 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 1-06. 25. |
| Memorials: | Gulgong and Mudgee District Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 20 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2681, 54th Infantry Battalion, also unsuccessfully 30/12/1915 | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2681, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2681, 54th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 29 Sep 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2681, 54th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
A Forgotten Digger of The Great War and Sandgate Cemetery.
95 years ago today, on the Monday afternoon of the 26th January 1925, Private James Macks, 54th Battalion, labourer or cook from Eurunderee, New South Wales and 3 Morgan Street, Newcastle, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 48. ANGLICAN 1-06. 25.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137474346
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137479258
Born at Waverley, New South Wales on the 1st August 1876 to Henry Christopher Adolphus and Mary Anne Macks nee McFeahy; husband of Emily Susan Macks nee Davey (married 1899, died?), James enlisted December 1915 with the 17th Battalion at Sydney, N.S.W.
Discharged 9.3.1916, Absent without Leave, Mr Macks reenlisted May 1916 at Bathurst, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital June 1917 with rheumatism, James returned home September 1917 medically unfit (senility and overage).
I have not located his name inscribed on any known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
Death due to natural causes, collapsed on the rocks near the Ocean Baths, Newcastle, N.S.W.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137474409
Mr Macks had been resting in an unmarked grave, forgotten, so October 2016 I placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=433870#grave-photo-1
James will be honoured with the Forgotten Diggers Headstone Project.
https://www.theheadstoneproject.org/
Many thanks to Lynne Dalton for the photos and family history research.
Lest We Forget.
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