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James BUDGE

Regimental number5811
Place of birthHalkirk, Caithness, Scotland
SchoolPublic School, Kincraig, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia30
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationRailway guard
AddressYork, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation34
Next of kinWife, Mrs Jemima Budge, Charles Street, Midland Junction, Western Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date26 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A16 Port Melbourne on 30 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 20 September 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death38
Age at death from cemetery records35
Place of burialPerth Cemetery (China Wall), (Plot III, Row J, Grave No. 1), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
109
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Donald and Joham BUDGE; husband of Jemima BUDGE, Sayer Street, Midland Junction, Western Australia. Born at Caithness, Scotland
Family/military connectionsStepson: Pte Thomas BIRRELL, 27th Bn.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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