James Batteson is present on the enlistment records, but appears not to have a service record. All that is recorded is that he was aged 41, a labourer, living in Punt Rd. East Melbourne, making his date of birth probably 1874. He was attached to the 23rd Battalion, D Company, and set sail on the HMAT 'Euripides' A14 on 10 May, 1915. His next of kin was his brother, W. Batteson, living in Stirlingshire, Scotland, which suggests that he was born in Scotland. his name appears on the Australian Electoral Roll as living in Rason Street, South Belmont, Western Australia in 1936 and 1937, working as a farm hand, but there are no earlier or later records.