James Finlay JACK

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JACK, James Finlay

Service Number:	4757
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dundee, Angus, Scotland, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Wood Turner
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 2 March 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension Grave V. D. 38. Personal Inscription THE DEAD SHALL HEAR THE VOICE OF THE SON OF GOD AND LIVE , Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Dernancourt, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

17 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 4757, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
17 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 4757, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Fremantle

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Date of enlistment: 28.02.1916
Place of enlistment: Perth, Australia
Australian Infantry-28th Battalion.

He was 24 and the son of James and Margaret Ellis Jack, of "Strathcona," 64, Monmouth St., North Perth, Western Australia.

Dundee paid a high price for her war efforts. By the armistice, over 4,000 men and several women had made the ultimate sacrifice. Their names are recorded in the city’s Roll of Honour.

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