DOAK, James
| Service Number: | 57 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 December 1915, Boer war veteran |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Walcha, New South Wales, Australia, 8 April 1882 |
| Home Town: | Manilla, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fettler |
| Died: | Mayfield, New South Wales, Australia, 23 August 1954, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 4-24. 25 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 57, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Boer war veteran | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 57, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 57, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney | |
| 16 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Jan 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 57, 1st Infantry Battalion, GSW to head, France | |
| 4 Aug 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 57, 1st Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, due to wounding |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
A Boer War and Great War Veteran resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
67 years ago today, on the Wednesday morning of the 25th August 1954, Private James (Jim) Doak, 1st Battalion (Reg No-57), fettler from Northbrook Lane, Manilla, New South Wales and 27 Watson Street, Mayfield, N.S.W., father of five (Bob, Violet (Girlie), Ted, Tom, Alan), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 72. METHODIST 4-24. 25.
Born at Walcha, New South Wales on the 8th April 1882 to James and Margaret Doak; husband of Elizabeth Doak nee Howieson (married 1903, East Maitland, N.S.W., died 1952), Jim enlisted December 1915 with the 33rd Battalion at Armidale, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 1.1.1917 (GSW head, dangerously ill), Jim returned home July 1917, being discharged medically unfit (GSW right temple region) on the 4th August 1917.
Mr. Doak’s name has been inscribed on the Warialda and District First World War Honor Roll, Manilla and District Soldiers' Memorial Hall and Honor Rolls (name inscribed on the Manilla and District Soldiers' Honor Roll), Manilla M.U.I.O.O.F. Honor Roll - report of Mrs. Doak unveiling the Manilla M.U.I.O.O.F. Honor Roll) and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
Jim’s headstone inscription proudly tells us of his service for God, King and Country in 2 Wars, and I have placed poppies in remembrance of this outstanding Hero.
Service record states Died after Discharge, 23.8.1954.
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance.
Lest We Forget.
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