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Waldo Albert JAMES

Regimental number2900
Place of birthQueensland
SchoolBoulder Central School, Western Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBrewery bottler
Address123 Davies Street, Boulder, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs C Chambers, Boulder PO, Boulder, Western Australia
Previous military serviceServed as a Senior Cadet
Enlistment date23 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 5 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll48th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 6 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death21
Place of burialSerre Road Cemetery No. 2 (Plot XIII, Row J, Grave No. 15), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
146
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: David and Catherine CHAMBERS
Family/military connectionsBrother killed at Pozieres, France

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