Regimental number | 2176 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Adelaide, South Australia |
School | Rose Park Public School, South Australia |
Religion | Congregational |
Occupation | Wood machinist |
Address | 119 Sydenham Road, Norwood, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18 |
Next of kin | Father, Charles Thomas James, 119 Sydenham Road, Norwood, South Australia |
Previous military service | Australian Citizen Forces |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 27th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/44/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 27th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Flers, France |
Age at death | 19.8 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 19 |
Place of burial | A.I.F. Burial Ground (Plot VIII, Row F, Grave No. 3), Grass Lane, Flers, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 110 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Son of Charles Thomas JAMES, Milne Street, Rosefield, South Australia |
Family/military connections | Brother: 31592 Gunner James Rodda JAMES, 11th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 1 July 1919. |
Other details | War service: Egypt, France, Belgium. Wounded, 13 April 1916; invalided to Boulogne Hospital, France; recovered. Wounded, second occasion, 15 September 1916; remained on duty. Killed in action, Flers, France, 5 November 1916. |