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James Humphrey PALMER

Regimental number1865
Place of birthN/A South Australia
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationSeaman
AddressBrisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Height5' 10"
Weight172 lbs
Next of kinFather, James W Palmer, Springfield, Missouri, USA
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date18 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 2
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/16/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board RMS Mooltan on 12 April 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll1865A
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Pioneer Battalion
FateKilled in Action 11 July 1918
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialCorbie Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot 2, Row F, Grave No. 20), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
174
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Father: Mr J.W. PALMER, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Sydney, 12 April 1916; disembarked Suez, 18 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 6 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 15 June 1916.

Taken on strength, 4th Pioneer Bn, in the field, 16 October 1916.

Allotted letter 'A' to Regimental Number.

Detached to 5th Army Signal School, 7 May 1917; rejoined Bn from detachment, 1 June 1917.

On leave to Paris, 21 January 1918; rejoined Bn from leave, 30 January 1918.

Admitted to 12th Australian Field Ambulance, 29 April 1918 (acute tonsilitis), and transferred to 46th Casualty Clearing Station; to Ambulance Train No 9, 1 May 1918, and admitted to 5th General Hospital, Rouen, 2 May 1918; discharged to Base Depot, Havre, 7 May 1918.

Found guilty, 15 April 1918, of being absent without leave from 10 pm, 13 May, to 9 pm, 14 May 1918: awarded 7 days' confined to Camp, and forfeiture of 2 days' pay.

Rejoined Bn, in the field, 30 May 1918.

Wounded in action, remaining at duty, 16 June 1918.

Killed in action, 11 July 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsAunt, Annie Lee PALMER, RFD Route No 8 (Greene County), Springfield, Missourii, USA, named as sole beneficiary in his will.
SourcesNAA: B2455, PALMER James Humphrey

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