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Studio portrait of 3070 Private (Pte) Horace Isaac James, 51st Battalion from Dumbleyung, Western Australia. A 25 year old farmer prior to enlisting on 7 July 1915, he embarked for overseas service with the 10th Reinforcements of the 11th Battalion from Fremantle, Western Australia aboard HMAT Themistocles (A32) on 13 September 1915. After disembarking in Egypt, he transferred to the 51st Battalion and went with them to France in June 1916. Pte James was killed in action near Pozieres on 14 August 1916 and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France with others who have no known grave.
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Colour: Black & white
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