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James JURY

Regimental number352
Place of birthNorth Fremantle, Western Australia
SchoolPulteney Street, Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationHardware assistant
AddressMagill, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Jury, Rostrevor Estate, Magill, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed in the Cadets
Enlistment date20 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 31 May 1915
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 9 October 1917
Place of death or woundingBelgium
Date of death9 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXXIV, Row J, Grave No. 13), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
110
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Alfred and Mary Jury of Rostrevor Estate, Magill, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: [3031] Lt Alfred Ellis JURY, 10th Bn, returned to Australia, 29 June 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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