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James Carroll SETCHFIELD

Regimental number7322
Place of birthTamworth, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressErskineville, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 5"
Weight114 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs. J.A. Setchfield, Charles Street, Erskineville, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil Served in Citizen Military
Enlistment date21 December 1916
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, 24th Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board RMS Osterley on 10 February 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 12 June 1919
Place of death or woundingRandwick Repatriation Hospital, Sydney, NSW
Date of death22 November 1919
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialWaverley Cemetery (Methodist Section), New South Wales
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
176
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Mrs Jane SETCHFIELD. Native of Glebe, New South WalesPlaque in Garden of Remembrance, NSW.
Family/military connectionsTwo Brothers, Corporal and Sergeant of same Battalion
Other details

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Thermistocles', 12 June 1919; died before discharge.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, SETCHFIELD James Carroll

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