James COULSON

COULSON, James

Service Number: 2393
Enlisted: 17 March 1916, Bendigo
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 60th Infantry Battalion
Born: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1885
Home Town: Flora Hill, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Natural causes, Kyabram, Victoria, Australia, 18 November 1954
Cemetery: Kyabram Civil Cemetery, Victoria
Church of England: Row 12; Plot 15.
Memorials: Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor
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World War 1 Service

17 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2393, 60th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo
25 Sep 1916: Embarked Private, 2393, 60th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
25 Sep 1916: Involvement Private, 2393, 60th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
12 May 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2393, 60th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), near Noreuil, Shell shock.
22 Sep 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2393, 60th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, near Nonne Bosschen Wood, Westhoek, Attached to 15th Machine Gun Company, Shell shock - buried by shell blast.
12 Mar 1918: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2393, 60th Infantry Battalion, HT Kenilworth Castle, Southampton for Duban arriving 23 April 1918, then in HT Field Marshall departing Durban 28 April 1918 for invaliding to Australia - arriving Melbourne 22 May 1918.
27 Jun 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2393, 60th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit

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