DEEGAN, James Joseph
| Service Number: | Q123141 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 17 December 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1 Garrison Battalion (QLD) |
| Born: | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 9 January 1903 |
| Home Town: | Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 2 December 1974, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bundaberg General Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 17 Dec 1941: | Involvement Private, Q123141 | |
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| 17 Dec 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 17 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, Q123141, 1 Garrison Battalion in Maryborough, QLD | |
| 17 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q123141, 1 Garrison Battalion (QLD) | |
| 5 May 1944: | Discharged | |
| 5 May 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q123141, 1 Garrison Battalion (QLD) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
James was the youngest of seven children of Philip Fenton Deegan (born 1862 in Laois, Ireland) and Bertha Elizabeth Gugett (born 1864 in Hampshire, England). Philip and Bertha married in 1893 in Bundaberg, QLD where they raised their family.
James was a Labourer in Bundaberg, where he married Emily Jones (born 1908 in Mount Perry, QLD) in 1925. They settled in Bundaberg to raise their family, and James continued working as a Labourer.
In December 1941, James enlisted in Maryborough, QLD in the Australian Army. He served with 1 Garrison Battalion as a Private (Service No: Q123141), and was Discharged in May 1944.
James returned to Bundaberg, and worked as Labourer, then in the 1950s as a Sawyer and later as an Ironworker.
James died in 1974 and Emily in 1993.
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