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COLTON, James Henry
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2952 |
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Enlisted: | 2 May 1913 |
Last Rank: | Stoker |
Last Unit: | HMAS Huon (I) |
Born: | Williamstown, Victoria, 21 November 1895 |
Home Town: | Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Sailor, R.A.N. |
Died: | Pneumonic Influenza, Genoa, Italy, 21 October 1918, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
Staglieno Cemetery, Genoa I C 20, Staglieno Cemetery, Genoa, Italy |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crib Point R.A.N. Destroyer Flotilla HR, Crib Point RAN WW1 Roll of Honour (Panel 2), Williamstown Pictorial Honour Board |
Service History
Non Warlike Service
2 May 1913: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, 2952, HMAS Cerberus (Shore) |
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World War 2 Service
2 May 1913: | Enlisted 2952 |
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World War 1 Service
4 Aug 1914: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Stoker 2/c, 2952, HMAS Encounter (I) | |
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25 Jan 1916: | Transferred Royal Australian Navy, Stoker, HMAS Huon (I) | |
Date unknown: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer Stoker, 2952, HMAS Huon (I) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Henry Coutler Colton and E. G. Colton, of 15, Miles St., Richmond, Victoria.
He was serving on the HMAS Huon when he was admitted to the 51st Stationary Hospital, Genoa on 14 October 1918 with influenza. He died of a severe haemorrhage from the lungs on 21 October 1918.