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James Alexander McMurdo Heywood 1899 - 1943

James Alexander McMurdo Heywood of Swan Hill Australia was born on September 8, 1899 in Narrung, Victoria to Henry Stewart Johns Heywood and Alice (Kirk) Heywood. He had siblings Isabella Sarah Heywood, Alice May Heywood, Mary Bell Stuart Heywood, Arthur Edward Heywood, Ellen Maude Matson, Amy Ellen (Heywood) Holmes, Charles Spearman Heywood, Margaret Elizabe Holmes, and Henry George Heywood. He married Ruby Margaret Mary (Day) Heywood-Coyle in 1929, and died at age 43 years old on April 19, 1943 in Japan. James Heywood was buried in Yokohama, Kanagawa.

James Alexander McMurdo Heywood

Swan Hill Australia

September 8, 1899

Narrung, Victoria, Australia

April 19, 1943

Japan

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1899

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September 8, 1899

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Narrung, Victoria Australia

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Military Service

Australian Army Private NX20271 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion. P.O.W. Japan
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1943

Death

April 19, 1943

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Japan
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Yokohama, Kanagawa Japan
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James Alexander McMurdo Heywood lived 31 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 43.

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In 1899, in the year that James Alexander McMurdo Heywood was born, on February 4th, the Philippine–American War began. The Philippines objected to the Treaty of Paris, signed in 1898, that transferred possession of the Philippines from Spain to the U.S. Filipinos began a fight for independence and fighting between U.S. forces and those of the Philippine Republic broke out. On June 2nd, the Philippines officially declared war on the United States.

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In 1916, at the age of 17 years old, James was alive when the U.S. National Park Service - part of the Department of the Interior - was created by an act of Congress in August. The Park Service was charged with the dual role of "preserving the ecological and historical integrity of the places entrusted to its management while also making them available and accessible for public use and enjoyment". The resources managed by the National Park Service have often been referred to as the "crown jewels" of the United States.

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