James Hart

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First Name:

James

Last Name:

Hart

Mother's Name:

Maria Hart

Father's Name:

Patrick Hart

Date Enlisted:

Thursday, September 21, 1916

Rank at Enlistment:

Private

Rank at Discharge:

Private

Unit:

Pioneers

Service:

Infantry

Awards:

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Details:

James Hart (Service No 3356) was born in Dapto, N.S.W., around 1890.

At enlistment he was 26 years old, single and worked as a butter packer.

James embarked on HMAT A72 Beltana with the 1st Pioneer Battalion, 8th Reinforcement, on 5th November 1916. He disembarked in England on 22nd January 1917 and then went to France, arriving on 5th April 1917. James joined the 1st Pioneers in the field, on 23rd April. He saw service on the Western Front building and repairing roads, trenches and other essential support systems for the infantry which was under very heavy fire a lot of the time.

James was wounded in action on 15th October 1917 and evacuated to hospital for treatment of a gun shot wound to his head, returning to duty on 14th November 1917. Though his wound was classed as being mild, James was not the same afterward. He was returned to Australia in January 1919, and discharged medically unfit on 5th April 1919.

Sources:

NAA: B2455, HART J