HALE, James Sandham
| Service Number: | 37664 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 January 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | Field Artillery Brigades |
| Born: | North Adelaide South Australia, 19 January 1893 |
| Home Town: | North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | North Adelaide Public School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Cabinetmaker |
| Died: | 1956, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Date of Burial: 24 Jul 1956 Plot: General D/Path 6/462 |
| Memorials: | North Adelaide Public School Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 37664, Field Artillery Brigades | |
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| 9 Nov 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 37664, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1917: | Embarked Gunner, 37664, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne |
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Born on 19th of January 1893 in Ovingham Adelaide South Australia, James Sandham Hale was the middle child between his two sisters Amy and Julie. His parents James and Barbra both came to Australia from the little island of Jersey, Channel Isles, England between 1870 to 1880. Growing up was simple living near his school of North Adelaide Primary.
After leaving school he became a Cabinetmaker and enlisted on the 15th of January 1917 just before his 24th birthday. Joining as a gunner for the first Artillery Brigade and finally embarking to England on the 18th of December 1917. He was later sent to France as a part of the 30th Reinforcements to go fight in the Battle of the Lys.
James was taken and attached to the 1st Aus Division where he fought as a gunner in the Battle of Lys, A costly battle to the Germans where they had 120,000 people killed, wounded, or missing. The main objective of of the battle was for Germany to capture Hazebrouck and eventually at the end of April they gave up.
After returning to England, he was changed from the 1st Field Artillery Brigade to the 2nd. He had been training waiting to go back into war when it ended. He was appointed as a driver, for the next 4 months before returning to Australia, now at the age of 26.
After getting home not much is known, he died at the age of 64 and now rests in Centennial Park Cemetery, in South Australia.
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