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Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Not yet discovered
Last Unit:	1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements
Born:	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, 17 March 1879
Home Town:	Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Soldier
Memorials:

19 Jun 1918:	Involvement 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Field Marshal embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
19 Jun 1918:	Embarked 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, SS Field Marshal, Sydney

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Husband of Eleanor Isabel Uren nee Wells of Wilson Street, Newtown, NSW. James and Eleanor married at St. Peters, NSW during 1906c.

20 May 1918 - enlisted with the 6th General Service Reinforcements (NSW) with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant.

26 August 1918 - transferred to the 34th Battalion

1 April 1919 - Promoted to Lieutenant

27 July 1919 - commenced return to Australia Aboard HT Valencia disembarking on 14 Septembet 1919

Medal _British War Medal

30 September 1919 - discharged at the 2nd Military District

Served in the Boer War with the 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles. Service number 1827 with rank of Trooper