WYLIE James

Diggers Photo

Service No.

3372

Rank

Private

Other Ranks

Trooper

Unit

2 Light Horse Regiment

Town

Eudlo

Adopted

Yes

Date of Birth

9 May 1877

Place of Birth

Brisbane

Date Enlisted

10 February 1917

Ship Sailed On

HMAT A15 Port Sydney

Date Ship Sailed

9 May 1917

Ship Sailed From

Sydney, NSW

Gallery

Soldiers History

Parents: James Wylie and Isabel Wallace
Siblings: Isabel, Allan Malcolm, Mary Malcolm, Robert John Alexander Lade, William Carey and Wallace Frederick

Three younger brothers also enlisted- Pte Robert John Alexander Lade (5496) 9th Bn Killed in Action , Pte William Carey (1050) died of disease,
February 2 1919, England and Pte Wallace Frederick 5494) 9th Bn , returned to Australia Aug 27 1917.

Tinsmith in Innisfail before enlistment
Enlisted in Townsville

38 years 8 months
5ft 10"
154 lbs
Fair complexion
Grey eyes
Brown hair
Presbyterian

Married Sarah Burdekin O'Keeffe
One son Allan born in 1913

Corporal in the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen in the Second Boer War.

The second finger on his left hand missing.

Transferred from the 1st Light Horse Regiment to the 2nd Light Horse Regiment in 1917

Returned to Australia on the Euripides after being discharged from 47 Stationary Hospital Egypt after severe malaria

Battles Fought

Egypt

Victory Medal

British War Medal

If died in the war

Returned to Australia

Date Returned to Australia

20 April 1919

Date of Death

1931

Place of Death

Innisfail Queensland

Age at Death

Where Buried

Innisfail Queensland

Where Commemorated

Eudlo Roll of Honour, Eudlo Community Hall, Rosebed Street, Eudlo (as JM Wylie)

Name of Researcher

Margaret

Comments RSS feed Comments