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James JOWITT

Regimental number295
Place of birthMaryborough, Victoria
SchoolRutherglen State School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationPainter
AddressNorth Wagga, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, James Jowitt, Junee Road, North Wagga, New South Wales
Enlistment date17 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name37th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/54/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A34 Persic on 3 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Battalion
FateDied of disease 24 December 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Son of James and Elizabeth Ann Jowitt of Junee Road, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialDartmoor Cemetery (Plot I, Row F, Grave No. 9), Becordel-Becourt, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
44
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Elizabeth Ann JOWITT, Junee Road, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. Native of Maryborough, Victoria

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