Place of birth | Ballarat, Victoria |
School | Mount Rowan State School, Ballarat, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Teacher |
Address | 11 Chisholm Street, Ballarat East, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Next of kin | J James, 11 Chisholm Street, Ballarat East, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served as Signalling Officer, Bendigo, 1913; Lieutenant, Cadets, Carlton, Melbourne, 1912. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit name | 8th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/25/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Captain |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 8th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | 'At Cape Helles in charge of men supplying ammunition to the firing line he ran before his men day and night until his feet were bare and was recommended for D.S.O by Lieut Col Bolton.' (details from father) |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Pozieres, Somme Sector, France |
Age at death | 25.7 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 25 |
Place of burial | Becourt Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row Q, Grave No. 25), Becordel-Becourt, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 53 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated on Roll of Honour, Peacock Hall, Ballarat High School, Victoria. Parents: John and Elizabeth JAMES, 11 Chisholm Street, Ballarat East, Victoria |
Other details | Statement, Red Cross File No 14290706K, 237 Sergeant Major R. LOWDAY, B Company, 8th Bn (patient, Graylingwell Hospital, england), 1 August 1918: 'On Aug. 1st 1916 about 4 p.m. Capt. G.E. James was killed in the village of Pozieres by a bullet in the stomach.' Note by interviewer: 'Eyewitness. Informant intelligent)' |
Sources | Red Cross File No 14290706K |