James Henry EDDY

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Service Number:	1024
Enlisted:	6 March 1915, Enlisted at Stawell, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Eaglehawk, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Bell School, California Gully, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Died of wounds, At sea on board HS Dunluce Castle off Gallipoli, 16 December 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Golden Square Specimen Hill Methodist Sunday School WW1 Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Stawell War Memorial

6 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1024, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Stawell, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1024, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
12 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1024, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, 2nd Division units landed in late August early September to reinforce the 1st Division and Light Horse Regiments
13 Dec 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1024, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Severe shell wounds to the buttocks Died of wounds at sea following evacuation The AIF was extracted just three days later

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Next of kin was given as his brother Edward George John Eddy of Bendigo, Victoria. brother of George Arthur Eddy

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal