WALKINSHAW, James Gordon
| Service Number: | 6650 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 3 October 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bellicourt British Cemetery Grave V. L. 2. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 6650, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
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| 7 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 6650, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He is one of two Australian soldiers of the Great War remembered on the Buckhaven and Methil war memorial.
Father-Archibald Walkingshaw of 129 Graham’s Buildings, Randolph Street, Buckhaven.
Buckhaven & Methil - Kirkcaldy District
UKNIWM Ref No. 8730
The Buckhaven and Methil war memorial is a tall freestone pedestal supporting the freestone sculpture of a uniformed Royal Highlander infantryman. The pedestal rests on a base of two low steps and is surrounded by a low iron railing. The commemorations and names of the WWI dead are listed on large bronze panels on the faces of the pedestal.
The monument stands in the memorial park facing Wellesley Road.
Unveiled on Saturday 22nd December, 1922 by Lord Wester Wemyss, with a Guard of Honour provided by the 6/7th Black Watch, the memorial is recorded as being "a labour of love" for the architect.
G C Campbell, circa 1920; with T Good, sculptor Edinburgh; Ruvie & Son, builder Leven. Polished ashlar with voussoirs. 2 polygonal steps of Arbroath stone with setback railings enclose buttressed plinth with bronze plaques over small projecting pedestals.
NORTH ELEVATION: moulded plaque inscribed 'GREAT WAR/1914-1918/IN HONOURED MEMORY OF OUR HEROIC DEAD' surmounted by carved Burgh Emblem, 'THE BURGH OF BUCKHAVEN, METHIL AND INNERLEVEN/CARBON CARABESQUE'.
Resident 117 Baptist Street, Redfern, Sydney
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