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James TEMPLETON

Regimental number7255
Place of birthBogolara, Victoria
SchoolState School (Bogolara? Sale?), Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressMyrtle Bank, Sale, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, James Templeton, Myrtle Bank, Sale, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Senior Cadets and in the Light Horse, Citizen Military Foces.
Enlistment date28 September 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll12 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit name5th Field Company Engineers, Reinforcement 5
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/24/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A16 Star Of Victoria on 31 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Field Company Engineers
FateDied of wounds 31 March 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialBapaume Australian Cemetery (Row A, Grave No. 34), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
25
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Mary TEMPLETON, Myrtle Bank, Victoria

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