James Coutts (June) HOSKIN

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HOSKIN, James Coutts

Service Number:	2825
Enlisted:	30 October 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hindmarsh, South Australia, 29 November 1899
Home Town:	Solomontown, Port Pirie, South Australia
Schooling:	Hindmarsh School, South Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 22 August 1918, aged 18 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

30 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
16 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 2825, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
16 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 2825, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Adelaide
Date unknown:	Wounded 2825, 43rd Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Private J. C. HOSKIN (June) was killed in action in France on August 22. He sailed from the Outer Harbor on December 16, 1916, with reinforcements of the 43rd Battalion. He was reported gassed in June, and rejoined his battalion shortly before his death. He was employed on a farm at Solomontown before enlisting. - AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS. (1918, September 28). Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954), p. 38.

His Brother Lance Corporal William Alexander Hoskin of the 50th Battalion returned to Australia in July 1917

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