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UNSWORTH, James Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 7347 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Woodbury, Tasmania, Australia, 15 November 1895 |
| Home Town: | York Plains, Southern Midlands, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | New Norfolk, Tasmania, 9 April 1969, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Oatlands Soldiers Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 7347, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
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| 10 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 7347, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James Unsworth and Jane Eliza Unsworth nee Barwick of York Plains, Tasmania.
25 October 1916 - enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania with the 12th Battalion with the rank of Private.
Commenced return to Australia on 18 July 1919 aboard HT Takada disembarking on 10 September 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
6 November 1919 - discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit
Husband of Ruby Eileen Unsworth nee Brown of Tasmania. James and Ruby were married on 10 September 1920 in Launceston, Tasmania