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James Winwick THEXTON

Regimental number4609
Place of birthHeathcote, Victoria
SchoolWy Yeang State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressMitchell Street, Bairnsdale, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 6.5"
Weight130 lbs
Next of kinFather, Mr W B Thexton, Bairnsdale, Victoria
Previous military serviceMember for 6 months of Bairnsdale Rifle Club.
Enlistment date4 October 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 10 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 18), Australian Cemetery, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
169
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Bainbridge and Elizabeth Mews THEXTON, Dalston Road, Oakleigh, Victoria. Native of Heathcote, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 3399 Pte George Clifton THEXTON, 37th Bn, died of illness, Lancaster Hospital, England, 10 April 1918; 2434 Pte William George THEXTON, 8th Light Horse Regiment, died of illness, Perth Hospital, Western Australia, 15 May 1916; 4608 Pte John Edward THEXTON, 59th Bn, returned to Australia, 13 February 1917.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Melbourne, 28 January 1916; disembarked Suez, 28 February 1916.

Transfsrred to 57th Bn, 29 March 1916; taken on strength, Ferry Post, 1 April 1916.

Transferred to 59th Bn, and taken on strength, Ferry Post, 3 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Posted missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Handwritten note on Form B103: 'Presume Buried in No Man's Land approx 5J90 43 to 5K02.5.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, THEXTON James Winwick

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