GARRETT, James Monaghan
Service Numbers: | 3345, Q42358 |
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Enlisted: | 2 March 1917 |
Last Rank: | Warrant Officer Class 2 |
Last Unit: | 49 Infantry Battalion AMF |
Born: | Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia, 31 October 1899 |
Home Town: | Corinda, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Drover, Fruiterer & Taxi Car Proprietor |
Died: | Died of Wounds, Papua New Guinea, 9 December 1942, aged 43 years |
Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea A6 E 11, |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
2 Mar 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3345, Camel Corps | |
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3 Sep 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3345, Camel Corps, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney | |
17 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, 1st Light Horse Regiment |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2, Q42358 | |
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8 Aug 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2, Q42358, 49 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
8 Aug 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2, Q42358, 49 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
9 Dec 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2, Q42358, 49 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
9 Dec 1942: | Enlisted |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
James Monaghan GARRETT was born in Braidwood, NSW on 31st October, 1899
His parents were Clyde Stafford GARRETT & Frances Maria PIERCY who married in Sydney in 1886
He married Alma Frances LOWE in Inverell, NSW in 1924
He served in both WW1 in the Camel Corp and the 1st Light Horse Regiment and returned to Australia on 13th March, 1919 and was discharged on 17th May, 1919 - served during WW2 in the 49th Infantry Battalion
James died of wounds on 9th December, 1942 in Papua New Guinea and is buried in the Bomana War Cemetery
"HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE"