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DEVITT, James

Service Number:	2300
Enlisted:	10 April 1916, Place of enlistment - Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	33rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	London, England, 1879
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Prisca Coborn Grammar School, Havering London England
Occupation:	Draper
Died:	Died of wounds (gassed), France, 22 April 1918
Cemetery:	Bois-Guillaume Communal Cemetery Extension Row C, Grave 25B Headstone Inscription "THE BELOVED SON OF THE LATE MR. & MRS. JAMES DEVITT OF LONDON", Bois Guillaume Communal Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

10 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2300, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Place of enlistment - Sydney, New South Wales
17 Oct 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2300, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A30' Borda from Sydney on 17th October 1916.
22 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2300, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Gassed and succumbed to wounds.

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of James and Ann Maria DEVITT. Native of London, England.