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SAW, James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2003 |
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Enlisted: | 19 June 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Carlton, Victoria, 7 December 1896 |
Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
Schooling: | Cambridge Street School, Collingwood |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 18 November 1916, aged 19 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
19 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2003, 24th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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26 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2003, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
26 Aug 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2003, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne | |
12 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2003, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
18 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2003, 24th Infantry Battalion |
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"Private James Saw, grandson of Mrs. E. Saw, Glasshouse lane, Collingwood, after 18 months' service in Egypt, Gallipoli, and France, has been killed in action in the latter place." - from the Melbourne Argus 01 Feb 1917 (nla.gov.au)