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J Overend

Commemorated at
Given name
James
Family name
Overend
Service number
2455
Additional information
Gender
M
Rank (legacy)
Private
Unit at embarkation
56 Battalion
Service (legacy)
Army
Conflicts
World War 1
Campaign (legacy)
Western Front
Veteran Notes/Bio

 

1.Listed Bungendore War Memorial Hall WW1 ROH (1917) and Bygone Queanbeyan.

2. “MAPPING ANZACS”: Service Number: 2455 ;POB:Bungendore;    POE: Goulburn,NSW ;NOK:Father:William Overend.

3. AWM Embarkation Roll: Rank:Private ;Unit:56th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement ; Age: 28 11/12 ; Occupation: Labourer ; DOE:14.03.1916 ; Embarked:30.09.1916.Sydney.HMAT Aeneas.A60.

4. AWM Nominal Roll: Rank: Private ;Unit: 56 Battalion ;DOE:14.03.1916; RTA: 15.01.1919 .Discharged 10.04.1919 (MUF-Hospitalised with Influnenza France 17.05.1918).

5. Stephenson:Died 26.08.1954 aged 68.Rerports that he was born in Queanbeyan and moved to Bungendore ather Dischagre post WWI. NAA File indicates Overendd was born in Bungendore.

6.See  AWM Photograph P09678.001:Group portrait of Bungendore servicemen in the 55th and 56th Battalions noted below at Cyril Smith 2485 and comments by PJH 03.04.15.

 

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