James HAMMOND

Regimental number8872
Place of birthGoulburn, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDrover
AddressAlbert Street, Goulburn, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Hammond, Albert Street, Goulburn, New South Wales
Enlistment date27 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit name2nd Divisional Ammunition Column
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/90/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A39 Port Macquarie on 16 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollBombardier
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 1 August 1919
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialBusigny Communal Cemetery (Grave No. 13) and re-interred in Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot 8, Row C, Grave No. 53), France (Vide I.W.G.C. Reference L.S./AA/2897)
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
14
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Samuel and Eliza HAMMOND, Goulburn, New South Wales