James SACK

SACK, James

    Service Number: 2734
    Enlisted: 8 September 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Warracknabeal, Victoria, 1893
    Home Town: Hamilton, Southern Grampians, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Watch-maker
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 9 November 1916
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hamilton Borough of Hamilton Roll of Honour, Hamilton War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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    World War 1 Service

    8 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2734, Melbourne, Victoria
    15 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2734, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1,

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    15 Sep 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2734, 8th Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Melbourne
    9 Nov 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2734, 8th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2734 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-11-09

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    Biography

    "THE LATE LANCE-CORPORAL J. SACK.

    Mr. W. Sack, of Petersburg, has received word that his only brother, Lance-Corporal James Sack, has been killed in action. Lance-Corporal Sack enlisted from Hamilton, Victoria, 20 months ago, and was 22 years of age. He served at Gallipoli." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 23 Dec 1916 (nla.gov.au)

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