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James Frederick BUCKLAND

Regimental number499
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
SchoolKogarah Superior Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationIron moulder
Address'Arthursleigh', Wolsley Street, West Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Alice Buckland, 'Arthursleigh', Wolsley Street, West Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Militia.
Enlistment date2 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name19th Battalion, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT Ceramic on 25 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll19th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 14 November 1916
Place of death or woundingSomme sector, France
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialWarlencourt British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 10), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
88
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Alice BUCKLAND, Wolseley Street, Kogarah, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 4076 John Thomas BUCKLAND, 19th Bn, killed in action, Polygon Wood, Belgium, 10 October 1917; 961 Lance Corporal Charles Mason BUCKLAND, 4th Bn, returned to Australia, 24 September 1918.

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