BARNHAM, James Thomas
| Service Number: | 1322 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 April 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Fulham, London, England, April 1886 |
| Home Town: | Port Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 13 January 1928, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1322, 24th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1322, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 1322, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 28 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1322, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , SWs face, left hand, right arm | |
| 25 Dec 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 24th Infantry Battalion | |
| 7 Dec 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1322, 24th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Shell shock | |
| 22 Mar 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1322, 24th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, Gassed | |
| 20 Jun 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 23 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1322, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, 3rd MD |
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From How We Served
The final resting place for; - 1322 Lance Corporal James Thomas Barnham who had immigrated from London, England to Australia before the outbreak of War and was employed as a driver who was residing at Port Melbourne, Victoria prior to his enlistment for War Service.
Following James’s joining up on the 14th of April 1915 he was allocated to reinforcements for the 24th Battalion 1st AIF, and was embarked for Egypt and further training on the 8th of May. With the end of the Gallipoli campaign, James was with his Unit when they were shipped to France on the 20th of March 1916 and served in the trenches after his disembarkation until he received shrapnel wounds to his left arm and hand on the 28th of July and was evacuated for hospitalisation in England on the 10th of August.
After his recovery and a respite of leave, James was sent back to France and re-joined his Battalion on the 12th of December. And continued to serve until he was evacuated suffering shell shock on the 4th of October 1917, but by the 3rd of December he was again returned to his Unit on the 12th of the same month. On the 22nd of March 1918, James was wounded in action for a third occasion having being gassed whilst in the trenches and was evacuated back to England where he was admitted into hospital on the 26th of March.
Remaing in England until James was returned to France on the 12th of September ,he was transferred over to the 2nd Machine Gun Battalion with whom he remained with until War’s end and on the 8th of December 1918. James was evacuated for hospitalisation suffering sickness and was returned to England on the 16th of January 1919. On the 1st of April James began his repatriation back to Australia where he arrived in Melbourne on the 16th of May.
James would receive medical treatment at the 4th Australian General Hospital (Melbourne) and he received his official discharge from the 1st AIF for his re-entry into civilian life on the23rd of September 1919.
James’s premature death occurred on the 13th of January 1928 and following this he was laid to rest within Melbourne General Cemetery, Victoria.
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