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Percival Ernest JAMES

Regimental number3043
Place of birthPingelly, Western Australia
SchoolMourambine and Pingelly State Schools, Western Australia
OccupationFarmer
Marital statusSingle
Height6' 6"
Weight168 lbs
Next of kinFather, Thomas James
Previous military serviceNil
Place of enlistmentBlackboy Hill, Western Australia
Unit name48th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 9 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll48th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XIX, Row B, Grave No 10), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
146
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Eleanor JAMES, Pingelly, Western Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, JAMES Percival Ernest

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