Private James Albert Heath

1. Listed Bungendore War Memorial Hall WW1 ROH (1917) and Bygone Queanbeyan as "50th Battalion." Reference to 50Bn is deemed incorrect as Attestation Papers record assignment to 56 Bn.                                                                  
2. “MAPPING ANZACS”: Service Number: 2394; POB: Bungendore1885 : POE: Goulburn, NSW; NOK: Father: William Heath, Bungendore.        
3. AWM Embarkation Roll: Rank: Private ;Unit:56 Infantry Battalion - 2 to 9 Reinforcements (April 1916 - January 1917)  ; Age:22 7/12 ; Occupation: Horse Driver ;DOE:5.2.16 ; Embarked: 30.09.1916. Sydney.HMAT Aeneas.A60.
4. AWM Nominal Roll: Rank:Private ;Unit:56 Battalion ;DOE: 5.2.1916: RTA:23.6.1919.  Discharged 23.7.1919.
5. Stephenson:Died 19.10.1944 aged 51 .Son of William and Mary (nee Donnelly) Heath.Buried Bungendore Cemetery, Catholic section.Headstone, see photogrsph attahed, records AIF No as 2394.
6. Queanbeyan Age often refers to a "Jas" Heath who might be James.                    
7.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.
8. Queanbeyan Age 28 January 1916 reported on the arrival of the Men from Snowy River Recruitment March in Bungendore on the 24th.The  report stated that a number of local men gave their names as potential recruits but did not join the March at that time.James Heath susequently enlisted on 5.02.1916 at Goulburn.
9. Last updated January 2017