James WITTER

WITTER, James

Service Number: 742
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
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World War 1 Service

4 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 742, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
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

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Biography 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