Mariner, James

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg,Mariner, EdmundJames Allen

Service Number Number 2713 1494 Service in 22nd Action 19th May 1915 Killed inKilled Action September 1917 Gallipoli Peninsula Belgium

Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of Benalyn Campbell And Vivienne Tranter in compiling this resource

The information in this file has been extracted from official records held in the The Australian War Memorial and National Archives of Australia (ÂŠ Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013) Further information on this soldier may be found online at: Commonwealth War Graves The AIF project Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1st AIF. This resource is presented by Gosford City Council for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources contained within remains with the original copyright owners.

NAME

Mariner, James

SERVICE NO

2713

UNIT RANK

Private

AGE at Enlistment

20 yrs 8 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH

Emmaville, NSW

ADDRESS

Emmaville, NSW

OCCUPATION

Miner.

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

29 Jul 1915

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT PREVIOUS SERVICE

Armidale, NSW

NEXT OF KIN

RELIGION

Father;- James Richard Mariner, Emmaville via Deepwater, NSW Mother deceased. Height-5’ 8¼”. Weight-10 st. 6½lbs. Chest-33½-36½. Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Brown. Hair-Black. Large Scar front R/Shin C/E

EMBARKED

2 Nov 1915 Sydney per “Euripides”.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Jnr. Cadets, Emmaville. 9-12 mths.

DISEMBARKED NOTES WOUNDED/ILLNESS

22 Jul 1916 – Shell Shock- Rouen, France 26 Jan 1917- Leg-abrasions from fall Transferred to England Hosp.

DIED

22 Sept 1917- Belgium

BURIED

Re-buried;- Hooge Crater Cemetery, 2 miles E of Ypres. Plot 9a, Row H, Gve. 4.

MEDALS

1914-15 Star-25773, British War Medal-23451, Victory Medal-23282. Memorial Plaque & Scroll -330825.

DEPENDANTS PERSONAL EFFECTS

Letters, testament, notebook, notecase/ Sheepskin jacket, sweater, scarf, brush, handle/

WILL

Beneficiary;- Father

CORRESPONDENCE

Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Father.

Gosford Times 18th September 1918 ROLL OF HONOR MARINER-In memory of No. 2713, Private Jim Mariner, D Company, 3rd Battalion, son of James Mariner, Gosford.- killed at Menin Road, Belgium, September, 22 1917.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8215149

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