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James Percival MANSFIELD

Regimental number4795
Date of birth1888
Place of birthGrafton, Clarence River, New South Wales
Place of birthDrummoyne, New South Wales
SchoolGrafton Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Address8 Dillon Street, Paddington, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinWife, Mrs G Mansfield, 8 Dillon Street, Paddington, New South Wales
Enlistment date31 January 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll3 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentActing Corporal
Unit name20th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/37/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 13 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll20th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 9 November 1916
Place of death or woundingAlbert, France
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot V, Row D, Grave No. 36), Mericourt-L'Abbe, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
91
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Leslie MANSFIELD. Native of Grafton, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother-in-law: 18045 Corporal Clarence Griffith FOWLER, 2nd Field Company Engineers, returned to Australia, 29 April 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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