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Ernest Charles JAMES

Regimental number177
Place of birthSt Arnaud
ReligionProtestant
OccupationBlacksmith
Address1 Mantell Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMiss Daisy James, 1 Mantell Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria
Enlistment date1 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit name2nd Field Company Engineers
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/21/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A3 Orvieto on 21 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Field Company Engineers
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Medaille Militaire


Recommendation date: 30 August 1918

FateReturned to Australia 23 October 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance
Date of death21 January 1981

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