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James Richard  Payne

Name on Board JR Payne
Name on Service
Records
James Richard   Payne
Enlistment Age 30
Occupation Miner
Place of Birth Brighton, Sussex, England
Next of Kin William and Alice Louise Payne
Address 20 Beaconsfield Road, Portslade, Brighton, England
Marital Status S
Enlistment Date 10/08/1915
Service No. 4286
Enlistment Place Melbourne, Vic
Embarkation Place Melbourne
Embarkation Date 29/12/1915
Embarkation Ship HMAT Demosthenes A64
Unit on Embarkation 6th Australian Infantry Battalion
Date of Death 26/10/1917
Unit on Death 6th Australian Infantry Battalion
Rank on Death Private
Cause of Death KIA (Previously reported missing - Court of Enquiry held 28/11/1917 found KIA 26/10/1917)
Place of Wounding/
Death
Passchendaele, Belgium
Cemetery or Memorial Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium
Additional Information Address at enlistment: 52 Albert St, Williamstown, Vic
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