James Francis STAPLES

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Service Number:	4374
Enlisted:	30 May 1916, Goulburn, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	29th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cooma, New South Wales, 13 October 1886
Home Town:	Cooma, Cooma-Monaro, New South Wales
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Natural causes, Queanbeyan, New South Wales, 9 September 1969, aged 82 years

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30 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4374, Goulburn, New South Wales
3 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4374, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
3 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4374, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney
31 Jul 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4374, 29th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres
26 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4374, 29th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood
7 Jun 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 29th Infantry Battalion
29 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4374, 2nd Passchendaele , Lance Corporal Staples was wounded during action at Passchendaele (GSW TO RIGHT LEG - fractured patella Severe)
29 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4374, 2nd Passchendaele , Lance Corporal Staples was wounded during action at Passchendaele (GSW right leg - fractured patella Severe)
29 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4374, 29th Infantry Battalion

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