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Percival Clarence Rover JAMES

Regimental number1368
Place of birthBowden, South Australia
SchoolNoble School
ReligionProtestant
OccupationLabourer
AddressBacon Street, Hindmarsh, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMrs A James, King Street, Mile End, South Australia
Enlistment date8 December 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 19 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death8 August 1915
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burial7th Field Ambulance Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 9), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
79
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: J. and Annie JAMES, Grange Road, Welland, South Australia. Native of Hindmarsh, South Australia
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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