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BANKS, James Bruce

Subjects

  • WW1
Author: 
Jill Fenwick
Family name: 
BANKS
Given names: 
James Bruce
Gender: 
Male
Religion: 
Presbyterian
Date of birth: 
18 October 1892
Place of birth: 
Birth Ararat
, Australia
37° 16' 54.6384" S, 142° 56' 0.528" E
East Melbourne addresses
Year: 
1915
15 Albert Street
, East Melbourne, Victoria
, Australia
Military service: 
WW1
Regimental number: 
109
Rank: 
2nd Cpl
Military units: 
Australian Flying Corps, No 1 Squadron, Headquarters
Place of death: 
Death Melbourne
, Australia
37° 48' 51.1776" S, 144° 57' 47.6316" E
Biographical notes: 

James Banks was 22 when he enlisted and gave his occupation as a motor body builder, having completed a four year apprenticeship with A.G. Hampstead of Elsternwick. His next of kin was his mother, Mrs. Mary Banks of 15 Albert St., East Melbourne, but he himself was living at 9 Dudley Parade, Canterbury. He joined up early, on 15 July, 1915, and after training was given the rank of Acting Corporal embarked on the the 'Orsova' for Suez. Here he attached to the No. 17 Squadron at Heliopolis on 21/4/1916. By 12 June, he had been admitted to hospital in Cairo with 'shortness of breath following exertion'. He was discovered to have problems with his heart, possibly related to having 'rheumatism'  (perhaps rheumatic fever?) when he was twelve. Subsequentlym he was transferred back to the 1st Auxiliary and then sent home via the 'Karoola' and discharged from the armed sevices. The last information on his whereabouts is in his record - an inquiry withit the army in response to  letter from his relatives in August 1955  inquiring about his war service. James Banks had worked at the Crown Law Offices in Melbourne as a Clerk of Petty Sessions and had recently died. 

Acknowledgments: 

National Archives of Australia, WW1 Enlistment Records

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