STARR J.E.

Given Names:  James Edward

Service Number:  2393

Unit:  3rd Pioneer Battalion, 3rd reinforcements                                                                

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

Age:  26 Yrs  2 Mths

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Roman Catholic

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8 In                     

Weight:  180 Lbs

Chest:  37-39 In

Hair:  Black

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  4/5/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Gertrude Alice Starr

400 Albert Street

'Fairview', Wrixon Street, East Melbourne

Kew, Victoria    

Embarkation Date:  18/9/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Karroo A10

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Marathon                                        

Embarked:  6/11/1918                               

Disembarked:  1/1/1919

Unit:  3rd Pioneer Battalion                                                                                                           

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  5/2/1919                         

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  53664

Victory Medal:  52509

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1889

Place:  Bendigo/Sandhurst, Victoria         

Father:  Thomas STARR                          

Mother:  Catherine MAHER

MARRIAGE

Year:  1916     

Place:             

Spouse: Gertrude Alice STARR

DEATH

Date or Year: 31/7/1968                          

Place: Heidelberg, Victoria                      

Burial:  Kew Cemetery, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 9/10/1917; gun shot wound, right leg

Wounded in action 27/5/1918; shrapnel wound, right leg

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Springvale Walls of Remembrance

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

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