James Glendinning Aitken LOGAN

LOGAN, James Glendinning Aitken

    Service Number: 65
    Enlisted: 31 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 1st Infantry Battalion
    Born: Glasgow, Scotland, 1879
    Home Town: Stockton, Newcastle, New South Wales
    Schooling: Guermauton Public School, Glasgow, Scotland
    Occupation: Lighthouae Keeper
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1 May 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave Panel 14, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    31 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 65, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
    18 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 65, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
    18 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 65, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Arrived in Australia aged 30 years

    Next of kin given as his sister Rebecca Logan of Carlton Apartment, Montreal, Canada.  Brother of Alexander S. Logan of Moore Park, NSW

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Had previously served in the Royal Navy for about 15 years

    He was presented with a certificate medal from the Royal Humane Society for rescuing a drowning woman by diving from the top bridge of HMS Galatea while in full uniform

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