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James Joseph Lander MANLY

Regimental number4563
Date of birth7 September 1896
Place of birthCharters Towers, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSawyer
AddressTooloa Street, Gladstone, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs C Manly, Tooloa Street, Gladstone, Queensland
Enlistment date19 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll19 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 31 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Australian General Hospital
FateReturned to Australia 25 September 1919
Discharge date5 January 1920
Family/military connectionsBrother: 1723 Pte William John MANLY, 2nd Australian General Hospital, returned to Australia, 30 April 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Reported missing in action, 1 September 1916. Captured at Mouquet Farm, 31 August 1916; officially reported prisoner of war.

Transferred to Holland, 16 February 1918; arrived England, 23 February 1918, and admitted to King George Hospital, London. Subsequently rejoined 13th Field Ambulance in France.

Medals: British War Medal, victory Medal
Date of death12 August 1965
Age at death68
Place of burialCollinsville Cemetery, Queensland

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