Gomer Lewis JAMES

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JAMES, Gomer Lewis

Service Number:	3498
Enlisted:	12 August 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, 1898
Home Town:	Boulder, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Boulder Central School, Western Australia
Occupation:	Brewer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 30 August 1916
Cemetery:	Albert Communal Extension Cemetery, France Plot I, Row M, Grave No. 4, Albert Communal Cemetery Extension, Albert, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boulder Roll of Honor, Boulder Roll of Honour Board, Fremantle 849 Memorial, Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

12 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3498, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
1 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3498, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
1 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3498, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Benalla, Fremantle

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Gomer James was most severely wounded at Mouquet Farm on the 29 August 1916, compound fractures to both legs and died of wounds the next day in the 13th Australian Field Ambulance. His brother 2900 Pte. Waldo Albert James 48th Battalion AIF had been killed in action at Pozieres 3 weeks on 6 August 1916. The two brothers both worked at the Boulder City Brewery before enlisting.

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