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Laurie JAMES

Regimental number1965
Place of birthBairnsdale, Victoria
SchoolMoonee Ponds State School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBricklayer
Address14 Walker Street, Ascot Vale, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMrs M James, 14 Walker Street, Ascot Vale, Victoria
Enlistment date14 January 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll11 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 17 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 25-26 August 1918
Place of death or woundingSt Martin's Wood, near Proyart, France
Age at death22.11
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot V, Row I, Grave No. 13), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
50
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Margaret JAMES, "Avon", Maribyrnong road, Ascot Vale, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother to Lt John Hugh James, MC & BNR

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