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David James Victor JAMIESON

Regimental number3875
Place of birthBendigo, Victoria
SchoolGravel Hill School, Bendigo, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPottery employee
AddressSimpsons Road, Eaglehawk, Victoria
Marital statusWidower
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, E Jamieson, Arblaster Street, Jobs Gully, Eaglehawk, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Senior Cadets and for a time in the Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date5 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 23 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 25 July 1916
Place of death or woundingSomme, France
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialPozieres British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row O, Grave No. 34), Ovillers-La-Boisselle, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
44
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Eaglehawk Cemetery, Victoria. Parents: William (d. 3 February 1926, aged 59; bu. Eaglehawk Cemetery) and Emma (d. 3 March 1930, aged 65; bu. Eaglehawk Cemetery) JAMIESON

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