L/Cpl
James Robert O'Day
Information about birth
Place of birth: Darriman, Victoria, Australia |
Army information
Country: Australia |
Force: Australian Imperial Force |
Rank: Lance Corporal |
Service number: 2691 |
Units: — Australian Pioneers, 2nd Bn. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
Date of death: 29/09/1917 |
Place of death: Lijssenthoek, Remy Siding, No. 10 Casualty Clearing Station, Belgium |
Cause of death: Died of wounds (D.O.W.) |
Cemetery
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot: 25 Row: B Grave: 15 A |
Points of interest 2
#1 | Place of birth | ||
#2 | Place of death (approximate) |
My story
Bomb wound right leg (amputation)
Sources 2
2nd Australian Pioneer Battalion, (Australian War Memorial, Campbell (AWM), AWM4 14/14/16). https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1338583 Sources used |
First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920, (National Archives of Australia, Canberra (NAA), B2455, O'DAY J R). https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/SearchScreens/NameSearch.aspx. Sources used |
More information 4
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/431607 |
Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=1d2a5de9-85d4-4b9c-98c7-6494e500cc87 |
Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/7526642 |
The AIF Project (UNSW Canberra) https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=227231 |