James BANKS

BANKS, James

Service Number: VX45682
Enlisted: 23 July 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born: Bungal, Victoria, Australia, 13 February 1906
Home Town: Mount Wallace, Moorabool, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Grazier
Died: Killed in Action, Syria, 17 June 1941, aged 35 years
Cemetery: Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Syria
Row M, Grave 17
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Wallace District Honor Roll WW2
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World War 2 Service

23 Jul 1940: Enlisted Private, VX45682, Caulfield, Victoria
23 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX45682, 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion
17 Jun 1941: Involvement Private, VX45682, 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion, Syria - Operation Exporter

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Biography

2/2 Pioneer Battalion

Rank - Privat

Son of Robert and Sarah Banks, of Mount Egerton, Victoria, Australia.