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James Robert JORDAN

Regimental number3553
Place of birthToowoomba, Queensland
SchoolBunkers Hill State School, Westbrook, Queensland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressFrederick George Cowper, Westbrook via Toowoomba, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs Amelia Jane Jordan, Westbrook via Toowoomba, Queensland
Enlistment date19 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 3 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of wounds 19 September 1917
Place of death or woundingBelgium
Age at death21.9
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialThe Huts Cemetery (Plot V, Row B, Grave No. 4), Dickebusch, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
172
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents; James Ecclestone and Amelia Jane JORDAN, Westbrook, Queensland. Native of Toowoomba, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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