James’ occupation and marital status on enlistment was detailed as a dairy farmer, who was single.
- Date of Birth – 1885, Tomakin, New South Wales
- Parents – William John Stove and Eliza Morris, Mt Darragh, Cathcart, New South Wales.
- Enlisted – 11 April 1916. Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 24 August 19161University of NSW AIF project https://aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=290307 Accessed 26 April 2024.
- Regimental Number – 2139.2National Archives of Australia. https://www.naa.gov.au/. NAA:B2455, Stove, James, Item ID – 8092661, Accessed 26 April 2024.
- Aged at embarkation – 30
- Military service – 35th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement Rank – Private.3Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1939724 Accessed 26 April 2024. James served on the Western Front, and was awarded the British War Medal, and the Victory Medal.
- Returned to Australia on 11 May 1919.4Virtual War Memorial Australia, https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/173041 Accessed 26 April 2024.
- Died on 26 November 1957 at Wollongong.5NSW Birth Death and Marriages, https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/ Death – 34204/1957 Parents William John and Eliza, Registered in Bombala. Accessed 26 April 2024.
- James Stove is at rest in the Cathcart Cemetery, New South Wales6Find a Grave.com. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/219044100/james-stove Accessed 26 April 2024.
James was the second son of William John Stove (1858-1921) and Eliza Morris (1861-1949). William and Eliza had five children following their marriage in 1882 – William, James, Arthur, Francis (Frank) and Ethel.
William John Stove was the youngest son of James Smith Stove (1809-1876)7Findagrave.com https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182554014/james-smith-stove Accessed 12 September 2024 and Janet Nicholson (1819-1875), who had eight children following their marriage in Scotland in 1841.
Eliza Morris was the eldest daughter of William Morris (1817-1898) of the Commercial Hotel, Mudmelong) and Martha Ann Corby (1832-1900). Eliza’s older sister Sophia Morris (1856-1905) married her husband’s older brother James (1849-1882) in 1877.
James’ younger brother Francis served in WWI, service number 2655, enlisting on 28 August 1916, serving in the 34th Battalion and returning to Australia on 9 December 1918.
In December 1917 the Sun8Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910-1954), Thursday 13 December 1917, p 5. published ‘Private James Stove, Cathcart, Wounded in August 1917 [in France ] and [again] in December 1917.’
James married Ellen Paske (1899-2001)9Find a Grave.com. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/219044099/ellen-elizabeth-stove Accessed 2 May 2024. in 1926 in Sydney and they had six children. The 1954 electoral roll detailed James, a farmer, and Ellen residing at Mt Darragh.