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James Lawrence DEVLIN

Regimental number112
Place of birthHeywood, Victoria
SchoolHeywood State School, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationFarm labourer
AddressKillarney, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, John Devlin, Strathkellar via Hamilton, Victoria
Enlistment date16 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularRoll of Honour Circular completed by his Brother, T.J. DEVLIN, of Heywood, Victoria
FateKilled in Action 21 November 1915
Place of death or woundingBrowns Dip, Gallipoli, Turkey
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialLone Pine Cemetery (Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 2) Gallipoli
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
98
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Sarah Lavary DEVLIN; native of Heywood, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 737 Private Thomas DEVLIN, 8th Light Horse Regiment, 3rd Reinforcement, returned to Australia 3 July 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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