James PIRIE

Regimental number1465
Place of birthForfarshire, Scotland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMrs Isa Pirie, Kings Weir, Forfarshire, Scotland
Enlistment date16 January 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll13 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/26/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 13 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Pioneer Battalion
FateKilled in Action 26 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records37
Place of burialBedford House Cemetery Engclosure No. 4 (Plot I, Row F, Grave No. 8), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
172
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Isabella PIRIE; husband of Isabella PIRIE, "Clydeview", 19 Leighton Street, Wishaw, Scotland