YATES, James Treeby
| Service Number: | 2022 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 June 1915, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kew, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Auburn, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Glen Waverley,Victoria, Australia, 17 May 1975, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Boroondara (Kew) General Cemetery, Victoria Special area A, Grave 0506. Interred on 20 May 1975 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2022, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria | |
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| 26 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2022, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2022, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne | |
| 24 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 24th Infantry Battalion, From 21st Battalion | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2022, 24th Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the neck and hand. Evacuated to England on 28 August 1916 | |
| 1 Mar 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2022, 24th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
James was the sixth of eight children of Frederick Boys Yates (born 1850 in London, England) and Evangeline Treeby (born 1856 in London, England). Frederick immigrated as a Settler, arriving in Port Phillip Bay in December 1870 on board the Newcastle. Evangeline arrived in Port Phillip Bay in April 1857 on board the Planet. Frederick was a Builder and Contractor l when he married Evangeline in Melbourne in 1877 - her father was also a Builder and Contractor. Frederick and Evangeline settled in Melbourne.
James was a Carpenter when he enlisted in the AIF in 1915 as a Private (Service No:2022). He served with the 21st Infantry Battalion and was Discharged in January 1920. Brother-in-Law Charles Edward Tirrell (Private, Driver: Service No:14843) served in WWI and sister Ethel Dorothy Yates (Aircraftwoman; Service No:110250) served in WWII.
James returned to Melbourne and was working as a Carpenter and Joiner at the Amateur Sports Ground where he met Elsie Mabel Grinstead (born 1900 in Kingston, Hepburn, Victoria. Elsie's father was Caretaker at the Sportsground, and James and Elsie married in 1921. In the early 1930s James and Elsie moved to Warburton where James worked as a Builder, before returning to Melbourne in 1943. James died in 1975 and Elsie in 1976.
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Sometimes referred to as James Treeby Yates. Studied his Carpentary Apprentieship with A. Kerr & Co. of Melbourne, Victoria
Son of Frederick Boys Yates and Evangeline Matilda Yates nee Treeby of Rathmine Road, Auburn, Victoria
Returned to Australia on 6 November 1919 aboard HT Ascanius
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1921c James married Elsie Mabel Grinstead in Victoria