James Leslie VINCENT

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Service Numbers:	24511, 25411
Enlisted:	7 March 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Lance Bombardier
Last Unit:	2nd Divisional Ammunition Column
Born:	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	School Teacher
Died:	Cottelsoe, Western Australia, 25 December 1943, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Crematorium Rose Gardens, Garden 2, Position 0006
Memorials:

7 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 24511, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
27 Jun 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 25411, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: ''
27 Jun 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 25411, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Barambah, Melbourne
8 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , In France
6 Apr 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Bombardier, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, From 6th Field Artillery Brigade
22 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Bombardier, 24511, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, Discharged at the 5th Military District

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Son of John Vincent and Emily Jane Vincent nee Spry of Varden Street, Kalgoorlie, WA formerly of South Melbourne, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 1 July 1919 aboard HT Karmala disembarking on 10 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal