AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS Avery, James Cecil Williamson (Jim)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Avery ​

• FORENAME

James Cecil Williamson (Jim) ​

• UNIT

2/3 Independent Company ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

VX56016 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

31st January 1943 ​

• AGE

31 ​

• GRAVESITE

Lae War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea G.B.14 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 13.10.1911, Timor, Victoria​

son of James and Elizabeth Anne Avery​

husband of Edith Adelaide Avery, Myrtleford,Victoria​

labourer in civilian life​

Trooper, B Squadron, 8th Light Horse Regiment (enlisted 9.12.1939 as no.475410)​

enlisted AIF 16.5.1941 Royal Park, Victoria​

KIA Wau-Salamaua, New Guinea ​

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