James SHUGG

Regimental number6945A
Place of birthLongerong West, Victoria
SchoolScots Business College, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBank accountant
AddressGarden Vale, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, I Shugg, Glen Innes, Oswald Street, Garden Vale, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil.
Enlistment date28 April 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 20th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 21 November 1917
Regimental number from Nominal Roll6945
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 4 July 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialSt. Pierre Cemetery (Plot XIII, Row E, Grave No. 5), Amiens, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
100
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Paul and Margaret SHUGG, 'Vesma', Hourth Road, Caulfield, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal