AFFLECK, James Albert De Little
| Service Numbers: | 38021, V91854 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 February 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Minhamite, Victoria, 2 February 1897 |
| Home Town: | Hawkesdale, Moyne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Geelong Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Student / Grazier & Manager |
| Died: | Warrnambool, Victoria, 17 February 1964, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Caramut Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Warrnambool Memorial Pavers and Touch Screen, Warrnambool Soldiers' Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 38021, Field Artillery Brigades | |
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| 9 Nov 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 38021, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 38021, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
World War 2 Service
| 24 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, V91854 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Rutherford Albert AFFLECK and Constance nee DE LITTLE, 'Minyah', Hawkesdale, Warrnambool, Victoria
Husband of Euphemia Betty AFFLECK nee RAMSAY
James Albert de Little Affleck, educated at Geelong Grammar School, where he was senior prefect in 1916, as such he planted an acorn, sent home from Gallipoli by Pte (later Captain) William Lempriere Winter Cooke (5th Battalion), of Murndal, Hamilton, beside the Chapel of All Saints, Geelong Grammar School, Corio, on the second anniversary (4 August 1916) of the declaration of war. The tree, a Gallipoli Oak (Quercus Calliprinus), now 109 years old in 2025, is listed on the Register of the National Estate. 38021 Gunner JA deL Affleck served with 102nd Howitzer Battery, 2nd FAB in France and Belgium. His first cousin 545 Tpr Henry Eric Whitehead (8th Light Horse Regiment) was killed at The Nek on 7th August 1915.
Courtesy of James Affleck
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