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James LOCKHART

Regimental number1887
Place of birthWestbury, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressLebrina, Tasmania
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation44
Next of kinWife, Mrs Laura Edith Lockhart, Lebrina, Tasmania
Enlistment date26 May 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll20 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 8 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 October 1917
Age at death45
Age at death from cemetery records45
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXXV, Row A, Grave No 13), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
132
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in St Andrew's Anglican Church Cemetery, Carrick, Tasmania. Parents: John Crooks (d. 28 March 1915, aged 83; bu. St Andrew's Cemetery) and Janet Wyllie (d. 22 January 1908, aged 73; bu. St Andrew's) LOCKHART; Wife: Mrs L.E. LOCKHART, Lebrina, Tasmania
Family/military connectionsNephews: 2741 Sergeant Alick Thomas JAMES, 47th Bn, died of wounds, 16 June 1917; 2725 Pte George Henry JAMES, 47th Bn, killed in action, 19 May 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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