PAMPHLET, James George
| Service Number: | 3860 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Packham, Kent, England, 5 May 1898 |
| Home Town: | Granville, Parramatta, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Morse Operator for Railways |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916, aged 18 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Remembered on VC corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial at Fromelles, France. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Granville War Memorial, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3860 | |
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| 20 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3860, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3860, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3860, 59th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3860 awm_unit: 59th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-19 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
James George PAMPHLET (Service Number 3860) was born on 5th May 1898 in London, England. He first worked for the NSW Government Railways as a switcher in the Electrical Branch of the Railways at Sydney from 29th October 1914. In July 1915 his job title was probationer at Clyde and this was the role from which he was granted leave to join the AIF on 27th September 1915. He enlisted at Holdsworthy on 5th October, describing his ‘trade or calling’ as ‘Morse Operator’, and giving his only surviving relative, his sister, Mrs Emma Alison as his next of kin. He also gave his age as 18 years and 4 months, which would not be correct if the date of birth given to the Railways was correct. He was actually on 17 years and 4 months old.
He was allotted to the 9th Reinforcements to the 20th Battalion. He embarked HMAT ‘Runic’ at Sydney on 20th January 1916 and reached Alexandria on 26th February. In Egypt he was transferred to the 56th Battalion at Zeitoun on 3rd April 1916 but transferred again to the 59th Battalion at Ferry Post on 15th May. Pamphlet embarked ‘Kifaune Castle’ at Alexandria on 18th June to join the British Expeditionary Forces on the Western Front in France.
He disembarked at Marseilles on 29th June.
He was posted missing on 19th July 1916 – at Battle of Fromelles. It was not until a Court of Enquiry held more than a year later on 29th August 1917 that it was determined that he had been killed in action the night he went missing. He was presumed to have been buried in No Man’s Land approx. at 5590.43 co 5K0251 Sheet 15 Hazebrouck 5A. This site could not be located after the war and James Pamphlet has no known grave. He is remembered at the VC Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial at Fromelles, France.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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