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J Ward

Commemorated at
Given name
James
Family name
Ward
Service number
3160
Additional information
Gender
Male
Rank (legacy)
Lance Corporal
Unit at embarkation
53rd Battalion
Service (legacy)
AIF
Conflicts
World War I
Fate
Returned to Australia 30 January 1918
Decorations (legacy)
Military Medal
1914-15 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal
Veteran Notes/Bio

Military Medal awarded for:

'On the night of the 22nd/23rd May his Company when being relieved, came under very heavy shell fire while in a sap, and has a number of casualties. Private Ward took a badly wounded man away to a shell hole and dressed him and remained with him under heavy shell fire until assistance was sent after the barrage had ceased.'

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