JAMES, Aubrey Manderville
| Service Numbers: | 2435, 2435A |
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| Enlisted: | 6 July 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in action, Dernancourt, France, 5 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, The South Australian National War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2435, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 28 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2435, 48th Infantry Battalion, 5th Reinforcements :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Apr 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 2435A, 48th Infantry Battalion, Dernancourt/Ancre, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2435A awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-04-05 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Aubrey Manderville James was the son of Edward Augustus and Eliza Jane James who had passed away many years before the war. Born in Sydney, New South Wales, he enlisted in Broken Hill, New South Wales, in July 1916. Three weeks later he married Kate McGuire in Adelaide, South Australia.
His younger brother, 1767 Pte. Claude Beresford James 14th Battalion AIF, had been killed in action at Gallipoli on 20 August 1915, aged 22.
Aubrey James left Australia four weeks after his wedding and joined his unit at the front during February 1917. He was made a Lance Corporal about 8 months later. He was listed as missing after the Australians made a heroic stand against a strong German attack at Dernancourt on 5 April 1918. An eyewitness stated that James was shot and killed in the front line by a German sniper on that date.
Aubrey’s remains were lost after the battle. His wife, Kate, was the beneficiary of his will and she moved to Adelaide after the war. She wasn’t sent Aubrey’s Memorial Plaque until 1934.
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