BALFOUR, James Pattison
| Service Number: | 533 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 August 1914, Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, 1871 |
| Home Town: | Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Public School, Canada |
| Occupation: | Fireman |
| Died: | Illness (Thoracic aneurism), Australia, 31 May 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, New South Wales Waverley Cemetery Sydney, New South Wales C.E. Sel, Row 15, Grave 6755, Waverley General Cemetery, Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sydney | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 533, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 533, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
| 28 Jan 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 533, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 1st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Arrived in Australia aged 29 years
Served in China War and Boer War;
Five years in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve.
1 Battalion
Rank - Private
Appointed Lance Corporal, Gallipoli, 29 April 1915.
Reverted to Private at own request, 28 July 1915.
Admitted to No 1 Field Ambulance, Mudros, 16 September 1916 (debility), and transferred same day to No 2 Australian General Hospital; to Military Hospital, Tigne, Malta, 28 September 1915.
Found guilty, 28 October 1915, of (1) absent from the Military Hospital from 6 pm until ordered to return by Military Police on the Molo Marina Sliema, 6.15 pm; (2) not complying with an order; (3) using obscene language to the Military Police; (4) violently resisting the Military Police: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2.
Found guilty, 15 November 1915, of (1) being drunk in Strada Marina Via Misada Sliema, about 10.15 pm, 12 November; (2) being absent from 6 pm and being in illegal possession of and wearing khaki uniform clothing, whilst a patient in hospital: awarded 168 hours' detention.
Disembarked Alexandria, 12 December 1915.
Admitted to No 2 Australian General Hospital, Ghezireh, 22 December 1915 (asthma).
Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Suffolk', 29 January 1916 (for discharge: bronchial asthma; tertiary syphilitic manifestations).
Died of thoracic aneurism and heart failure, No 4 General Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, 31 May 1916.
Returned to Australia 29 Jnuary 1916
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Son of James and Mary Ann Balfour of 61 Birrell Street, Waverley, New South Wales. Native Place, Regina, Canada
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
James Pattison BALFOUR was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1871
He married Arnestina BABAROVICH in Sydney in 1902 - 3 known children, James, Richard & Walter
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