Regimental number | 4990 |
Place of birth | Rosewater, South Australia |
School | Port Adelaide Public School, South Australia |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Bank clerk |
Address | Yeelanna via Port Lincoln, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs M E James, Yeelanna via Port Lincoln, South Australia |
Previous military service | Served in the Cadet and Citizen Forces, South Australia, and Broken Hill, New South Wales. |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 32nd Battalion, 14th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/49/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 32nd Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | France |
Age at death | 20.1 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 20 |
Place of burial | Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot IX, Row C, Grave No. 4), Fouilloy, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 120 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Oswald Henry and Maude Elsie JAMES, Yeelanna, South Australia |
Family/military connections | 3 cousins, 2 killed in action, 1 died illness |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |