WW1 AUSTRALIAN BATTLE OF FROMELLES 59th BATTALION DEATH PLAQUE

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WW1 Australian Battle of Fromelles 59th Battalion death plaque. Memorial Plaque, 1914-1918 named to James Johnston Vass, in the original cardboard envelope with copied service paperwork. Lance-Sergeant James Johnston Vass, a British Born subject from Walworth, London, living in Melbourne, Australia, served in the 59th Battalion A.I.F. and was reported wounded in the abdomen on the 21st July 1916, dying of his wounds 4 days later, most likely as a result of the notorious Battle of Fromelles (19-20 July, 1916) in which the 59th Battalion was ‘blooded’, receiving very heavy casualties as a result. He is remembered at the Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, France.