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James VICKERS

Regimental number5423
Place of birthManchester, England
SchoolSt Anne's (Catholic) School, Auconts, Manchester, England
Age on arrival in Australia30
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLamp attendant
AddressBrisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation34
Next of kinMother, Mrs Susan Vickers, 93 Boswick Street, Holt Town, Manchester, England
Enlistment date15 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A50 Itonus on 8 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of acute pleurisy at Salisbury Plains, England.
FateDied of disease 20 November 1916
Place of death or woundingEngland
Age at death36
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialMoston (St. Joseph's) Roman Catholic Cemetery (Row N, Grave No. 109) Lancashire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
106
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Susannah VICKERS, 93 Beswick Street, Holt Town, Manchester, England

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