Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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York James William

Born 2^nd May 1892 Strahan Tasmania the son of Albert James and Esther Maria York (nee Excell) a school master he embarked Adelaide 10^th February 1917 on board “HMAT Seang Bee” with the 40^th Infantry Battalion.

He was serving with the 5^th Machine Gun Company when he was hit in the head by a sniper and died instantly on the 9^th April 1918 in France and is commemorated in the Crucifix Corner Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, France.

Courtesy Oliver York

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