James Thomas (Jimmie) HOUSE

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Service Number:	W15120
Enlisted:	28 September 1943
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	42nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bunbury, Western Australia, 12 September 1925
Home Town:	Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Coal Miner
Died:	Accidental (Drowning), Bougainville, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 24 December 1944, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Section: A Plot: 3 Row: F Grave: 17
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bunbury War Memorial

28 Sep 1943:	Enlisted Private, W15120, 42nd Infantry Battalion
28 Sep 1943:	Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, W15120, 42nd Infantry Battalion
28 Sep 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W15120, 42 Infantry Battalion AMF
14 Nov 1944:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, W15120, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Killed on 24 Dec 1944, When a platoon from B Coy was on a three-ton truck that was crossing the Tagessi River on a ferry. When the ferry reached the opposite bank, the truck failed to negotiate the drive off and rolled back. The sudden concentration of weight at the rear of the ferry tipped it down, the ferry quickly filled with water and sunk. Men fell into the deep river; those who where fully dressed and in full kit were pulled under the water. Eight men drowned. The bodies of the drowned men were mostly recovered that day, but the last three bodies were not found until boxing day, one of which being W15120 Pte J.T House.

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