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WITTER, James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 742 |
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Enlisted: | 4 September 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Londonderry, County donegal, Ireland, 8 May 1884 |
Home Town: | Boulder, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Cloghan High School, Ireland |
Occupation: | Miner |
Died: | Died of wounds, At sea on board HS Soudan, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 May 1915, aged 31 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, buried at sea Panel 34, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boulder Goldfields First Enlistments WWI Roll of Honor, Boulder Roll of Honor, Boulder Roll of Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
4 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 742, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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2 Nov 1914: | Involvement Private, 742, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
2 Nov 1914: | Embarked Private, 742, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Andrew Witter and Mary Witter nee McDermott of Kittyferrigle, County Cloghan, Ireland
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal