Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Whitworth, James

Born Heywood Lancashire England but married and living in Ranelagh Tasmania, an orchardist who embarked Melbourne 19^th September 1916 on board “HMAT Commonwealth” with the 4^th Machine Gun Company.

He was serving with the 21 Company Australian Machine Gun Corps when he was killed outright by a shell 30^th October 1917 in the support lines at Zonnebeke and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

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