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James Henry MICKELS

Regimental number3560
Place of birthNewcastle, England
Age on arrival in Australia9
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinFather, James Mickels, 2 Post Office Place, South Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed for 5.6 years in the King's Royal Rifles.
Enlistment date29 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 29 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll60th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 20 March 1917
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death33
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialCowley (St. Lawrence) Churchyard Cemetery (Australian Section Grave No. 16), Middlesex
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
170
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Sadie MICKELS, 328 Park Street, South Melbourne
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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