Regimental number | 5912 |
Place of birth | Coghills Creek, Victoria |
True Name | DOOLEY, James William |
School | Coghills Creek State School, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | 106 Palmerston Street, Carlton, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Height | 5' 3.75" |
Weight | 140 lbs |
Next of kin | Friend, Thomas Grant, 106 Palmerston Street, Carlton, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 21st Battalion, 16th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/38/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 21st Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Ville-Sur-Ancre, France |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 24 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
Place of burial | Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VIII, Row D, Grave No. 17), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 93 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John and Harriet DOOLEY. Native of Coghill's Creek, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Cousins: Alfred Dooley, Harold Belstead, James Cantwell and Robert David, all killed in action. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Originally enlisted as James DOOLEY; deserted from Ballarat Training Camp, 31 October 1915; listed as a deserter, 23 November 1915. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, SIMPSON John William |