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James Hubert EPPS

Place of birthBundaberg, Queensland
SchoolDoolbi State School
Other trainingDuntroon College
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTelegraphist
AddressBrisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, Herbert Epps, Childers, Queensland
Previous military service4th Infantry; Served in the Cadets and Lieutenant with Wide Bay Infantry Regt. Citizen Forces
Enlistment date13 May 1915
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant (Honorary Lieutenant)
Unit name41st Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/58/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 18 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll41st Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular"Platoon Officer when first on service in France later Battal;ion Bombing Officer, later O/c Raiders. Killed at Armertieres on Recognisance duties prior to a raid. Promoted to Captain but not Gazetted, death intervening." Details from Father.
FateKilled in Action 18 February 1917
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death21.6
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row F, Grave No. 47), Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
134
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Herbert and Robina Hannah EPPS, Childers, Queensland
Family/military connectionsBrother: 1892 Pte Robert Harrison EPPS, 4th Divisional Signal Company, returned to Australia, 2 June 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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