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James Alexander SCOTLAND

Regimental number7057
Place of birthPerthshire Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia21
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCarpenter
Address34 Albert Street, East Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinFather, John Scotland, Ferryfield Hotel, Newburgh, Fife, Scotland
Enlistment date17 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit name2nd Field Company Engineers, Reinforcement 16
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/21/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Makarini on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll14th Field Company Engineers
FateKilled in Action 27 October 1917
Place of death or woundingMenin Road, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialMenin Road South Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row J, Grave No. 33), Ypres, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
24
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Anna SCOTLAND, Ferryfield Hotel, Abernethy, Scotland

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