James Beveridge COUTTS

COUTTS, James Beveridge

Service Number: VX20746
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
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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
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Corporal, VX20746
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

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Biography 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.