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ESSE, James Herbert
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2152 |
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Enlisted: | 16 March 1916, Enlisted at Mildura, Victoria. Drafted to 4th Reinforcement for 60th Infantry Battalion and reported to Bendigo Depot. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 5th Division Traffic Control |
Born: | Blanchetown, South Australia, 18 March 1886 |
Home Town: | Inglewood, Loddon, Victoria |
Schooling: | Mildura Primary School, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Cook |
Died: | Inglewood, Victoria, Australia, 11 May 1946, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Inglewood Cemetery, Victoria No Headstone, Grave is located in the RC Section. |
Memorials: | Mildura Cenotaph, Mildura Workingmans Club War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
16 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2152, 60th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Mildura, Victoria. Drafted to 4th Reinforcement for 60th Infantry Battalion and reported to Bendigo Depot. | |
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1 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2152, 60th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
1 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2152, 60th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
14 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2152, 60th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked in Plymouth, England. | |
6 Dec 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2152, 60th Infantry Battalion, Embarked England per ship 'Princess Henrietta Folkstone' - Disembarked 7th December 1916 Etaples, France. | |
23 Nov 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Division Traffic Control, Taken on strength to new unit from 60th Infantry Battalion, A.I.F. | |
22 Jul 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2152, 5th Division Traffic Control, Embarked U.K per ship H.M.T Ulysses - disembarked in Melbourne 2nd September 1919. | |
2 Sep 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2152, 5th Division Traffic Control, Disembarked in Melbourne from Ship H.M.T Ulysses. | |
17 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2152, 5th Division Traffic Control, Discharched from A.I.F. at H.Q. 3rd Military District, Melbourne, Victoria. |
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