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Service Number:	421
Enlisted:	18 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	30th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Wallsend, Newcastle, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Cleaner
Died:	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 1959, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Hamilton Newcastle District Tramways Roll of Honor, Hamilton War Memorial, Wallsend Soldier's Memorial

18 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 421, 30th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
9 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 421, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 421, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
19 Sep 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 421, 30th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to Orbital Cellulitis

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Son of John Buchanan Fogo and Ellen Fogo of 'Pittown', Wallsend, NSW

Commenced return to Australia 17 July 1916 aboard HT Seang Choon disembarking on 18 August 1916

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Previously served in the Citizen Military Forces but is said to have kept missing parades

During 1918c James married Elsie W. Nichols in Paddington, NSW