James Robert MACKIE

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Service Number:	5367
Enlisted:	3 April 1916, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 31 December 1889
Home Town:	Port Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	South Melbourne Catholic School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Wharf labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 20 March 1917, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

3 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5367, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
26 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 21st Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
28 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 5367, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 5367, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
20 Mar 1917:	Involvement Private, 5367, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5367 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-03-20
20 Mar 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5367, 21st Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages

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James Robert Mackie played 5 games (1913) for the Melbourne FC in the VFL, then for Port Melbourne in the VFA in 1914 prior to enlisting.