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COUTTS, James Beveridge
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX20746 |
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Enlisted: | 17 June 1940, Caulfield, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Joyces Creek, Victoria, Australia, 16 June 1906 |
Home Town: | Joyces Creek, Mount Alexander, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Illness, Thailand, 16 August 1943, aged 37 years |
Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery 1 L 24 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Newstead Joyce's Creek Honour Roll, Newstead Presbyterian Church Honor Roll WW2 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Corporal, VX20746 | |
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17 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX20746, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion, Caulfield, Vic. | |
16 Aug 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX20746, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Charles and Agnes Coutts, of Joyce's Creek, Victoria, Australia.
COUTTS. —On August 16, 1943, Cpl. J. B. Coutts, P.O.W., son of Charles Coutts, Plaistow, Joyce's Creek, and the late Agnes Coutts, brother of Alex and Jean.