James Wilkie

1904 - 1945  (40 years)

• Name	James Wilkie
  Birth	26 Jul 1904	Fowlis Wester, Perthshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Military	1939-1945	, , , Australia
  	World War II - Ausralian Army
  	Rank of Private, Prisoner of War
  Death	17 May 1945	, , , Borneo
  Burial	Labuan Memorial Cemetery, Labuan, Malaysia
  Person ID	I1834	wilkie
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2017

  
  

  Father	Andrew Wilkie,   b. 1876, Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland d. 28 Feb 1947, Longforgan, Perthshire, Scotland (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Doyle,   b. Abt 1878   d. 23 Apr 1914, Lochee, Dundee, Perth, Scotland (Age ~ 36 years)
  Marriage	2 Aug 1899	Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1]
  	02 August 1899 - District of Plantation Govan 1899-641/1-83
  Family ID	F369	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Birth Record: 1904-347/00 0017 ScotlandsPeople Name: James Wilkie Date & Place: 26 July 1904 9h 30 m AM Abercairny Stables, Perth, Scotland Sex: Male Parents: Andrew Wilkie, Park-keeper; Mary Anne Wilkie MS Doyle; 02 August 1899 Govan Informant: Andrew Wilkie, Father, Present Registered: 08 August 1904 - Fowlis Wester, G. R. Martin Registrar Notes / info from Henry John Wilkie, son of Henry John Wilkie 1907-1981 War record on line for James Wilkie - 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion Australian Army, Roll of Honour Service Number: WX8706 Rank: Private Unit: 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion Service: Australian Army Conflict/Operation: WWII 1939-1945 Date of Death: 17 May 1945 Place of Death: Borneo Cause of Death: Illness Cemetery: Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia Source: AWM147 Roll of Honour Cards, 2nd Australian Imperial Force and Citizen Military Force ** James Wilkie's name is located at 76 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial James was a Prisoner of War and thus died as a Prisoner. ***The military file that I have accessed for James Wilkie, Next of Kin Andrew Wilkie; Military service number WX8706 states James' birth date as 27 Jul 1908 which is different than my birth source at ScotlandsPeople which states the date as 26 Jul 1904.

  
  

• Sources

  [S642] Registrar Office,, Statutory Marriages, Marriage date of 02 Aug 1899 noted on all 5 births of Andrew Wilkie & Mary Ann Doyle's children (Reliability: 4).