DURACK, James Edward
| Service Numbers: | 165, 6466 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 17th Army Service Corps |
| Born: | Clunes, Victoria, Australia, 1871 |
| Home Town: | Balmoral, Southern Grampians, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Saddler |
| Died: | Caulfield South, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 September 1958, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Plot: Roman Catholic H, Grave 2871 |
| Memorials: | Harrow Sudan & Boer War Memorial Lamp Post, Kowree Shire Honour Roll |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 165, Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 18 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 165, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900. | |
| 10 Aug 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 165, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901. |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Saddler Corporal, 6466, 7th Infantry Brigade Train | |
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| 24 May 1915: | Involvement 6466, 7th Infantry Brigade Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 24 May 1915: | Embarked 6466, 7th Infantry Brigade Train, HMAT Ascanius, Brisbane | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 17th Army Service Corps | |
| 25 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 6466, 17th Army Service Corps |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
James Edward Durack was born in 1871 at Clunes, Victoria, a son to Cornelius Durack and Bridget Durack (nee Hubbard). He married Ellen Isabelle Allen on 7 Dec 1916 in London while abroad serving in the AIF during WW1. He returned to Victoria where he was discharged in 1919 and they would go on to have 3 children.
He served in both the South African (Boer) War and WW1. First service was as a Private S.N. 165 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Second service was as a Saddler Corporal (later Corporal) S.N. 6466 in the 7th Infantry Brigade Train (later 17th Aust. Army Service Corps), AIF, WW1. At the time of enlistment for both the Boer War and WW1 he noted his N.O.K. as his mother Mrs C. Durack at Telangatuk in Victoria.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 482; National Archives Australia WW1 service record).
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