Archibald John (Jack) BATTAMS

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BATTAMS, Archibald John

Service Number:	SX9367
Enlisted:	20 July 1940
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	2nd/7th Field Regiment
Born:	Ruby, South Australia, 10 December 1914
Home Town:	Moorook, Loxton Waikerie, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Natural causes, Barmera, South Australia, 1 May 2003, aged 88 years
Cemetery:	Barmera (Upper Murray) Garden of Memory Cemetery Section I; Row C; Plot 7
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World War 2 Service

20 Jul 1940:	Involvement Gunner, SX9367
20 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Private, SX9367, Wayville, South Australia
20 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX9367
25 Jan 1945:	Discharged Gunner, SX9367, 2nd/7th Field Regiment
25 Jan 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX9367

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Biography

Father: William Alfred BATTAMS & Mother: Hannah Mary GILBEY.
SA Birth Records 1907 - 1928. Book : 950 Page : 271 District : Nor.

On enlisting he was married to Isobel Battams.

20/7/1940 Enlisted at Moorook, South Australia (place of enlistment Wayville SA)

25/1/1945 Discharged as a Gunner in 3 Reinf 2/7 Army FD Regiment.

Last lived at Hawdon House, Barmera, South Australia.

Buried with wife Isobel Joan Battams (d. 9/12/2012 93yrs, last lived at Acacia House, Loxton Hospital).

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. January 2016. Lest we forget.

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