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Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Mariner, James Service Number 2713

Killed in Action 22nd September 1917 Belgium

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Benalyn Campbell

And Vivienne Tranter

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NAME Mariner, James

SERVICE NO 2713

UNIT

RANK Private

AGE at Enlistment 20 yrs 8 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Emmaville, NSW

ADDRESS Emmaville, NSW

OCCUPATION Miner.

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 29 Jul 1915

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Armidale, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE Jnr. Cadets, Emmaville. 9-12 mths.

NEXT OF KIN Father;- James Richard Mariner, Emmaville via Deepwater, NSW Mother deceased.

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’ 8¼”. Weight-10 st. 6½lbs. Chest-33½-36½. Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Brown. Hair-Black. Large Scar front R/Shin

RELIGION C/E

EMBARKED 2 Nov 1915 Sydney per “Euripides”.

DISEMBARKED

NOTES

WOUNDED/ILLNESS 22 Jul 1916 – Shell Shock- Rouen, France 26 Jan 1917- Leg-abrasions from fall Transferred to England Hosp.

DIED 22 Sept 1917- Belgium

BURIED Re-buried;- Hooge Crater Cemetery, 2 miles E of Ypres. Plot 9a, Row H, Gve. 4.

MEDALS 1914-15 Star-25773, British War Medal-23451, Victory Medal-23282. Memo-rial Plaque & Scroll -330825.

DEPENDANTS

PERSONAL EFFECTS Letters, testament, notebook, notecase/ Sheepskin jacket, sweater, scarf, brush, handle/

WILL Beneficiary;- Father

CORRESPONDENCE Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Father.

Gosford Times 18th September 1918

ROLL OF HONOR

MARINER-In memory of No. 2713, Private Jim Mariner, D Company, 3rd Battalion, son of James Mariner,

Gosford.- killed at Menin Road, Belgium, September, 22 1917.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8215149

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