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Roy Wilfred JAMIESON

Regimental number972
Place of birthBendigo, Victoria
SchoolBoulder Central School, Western Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationClerk
Address18 Bendigo Street, South Boulder, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 10"
Weight195 lbs
Next of kinFather, John Jamieson, 18 Bendigo Street, South Boulder, Western Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date26 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll10 July 1915
Place of enlistmentBlackboy Hill, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFleurbaix, France (Battle of Fromelles)
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 5), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
120
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Catherine JAMIESON, Bendigo Street, South Boulder, Western Australia. Native of Bendigo, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Disembarked Suez, ex-HMAT 'Geelong', 18 December 1915.

Found guilty, 2 March 1916, of being absent from 0900 hours parade: awarded 4 days' confined to camp.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.

Killed in action, 19 July 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, JAMIESON Roy Wilfred

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