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Percy Vincent JAMES

Regimental number6338
Date of birth23 June 1889
Place of birthParramatta, New South Wales
SchoolBurwood Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLinen salesman
AddressStrathfield, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinWife, Mrs W James, 'Mays Hill', Union Street, Lavender Bay, North Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date31 August 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll7 August 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name19th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/36/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board A29 Suevic on 11 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll19th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 19 September 1918
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 3169 Pte Roy Wesley JAMES, 19th Bn, killed in action, 18 September 1917; 60095 Pte Cuthbert Louis JAMES, 56th Bn, returned to Australia, 1 August 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Wounded in action, Ypres, Belgium, 18 September 1917 (by the same shell that killed his brother Roy).

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death9 September 1957
Place of burialNorthern Suburbs Crematorium

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