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James Sherlock GUY

Regimental number10304
Date of birth15 May 1896
Place of birthBoort, Victoria
SchoolKaneira-Fryerstown State School, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationFarmer
AddressKaneira, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, C W Guy, Kaneira, Victoria
Enlistment date7 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll12 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameArmy Service Corps May 1916 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/108/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 4 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Division Train
FateReturned to Australia 30 April 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date27 July 1919
Family/military connectionsBrother-in-law: 12196 Driver Roy HORE, 6th Field Artillery Brigade, died of wounds, 21 September 1917.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Transferred from Reinforcements to Australian Army Service Corps, 17 December 1915. Marched into AASC Training Depot, Parkhouse, England, 18 January 1917. Proceeded to France on board SS 'Arundel' from Folkestone, 22 February 1917. Taken on strength, 3rd Divisional Train, AASC, from 1st Anzac Entrenching Bn, 2 August 1918. Proceeded to England, 28 February 1919; returned to Australia on board 'Karagola', 30 April 1919.

Date of death30 August 1964
Age at death68
Place of burialSealake Cemetery, Victoria

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