[1] The family moved to Port Melbourne where James assisted her father in his work as chaplain at the Mission to Seaman.

Subsequently, they enlisted in the Flying Corps and, rather than returning to Australia, she volunteered with the Red Cross.

[1] After the war she formed the Ex-Service Woman's Association and was its president for a number of years.

[7] In the 1938 Birthday Honours, James was made an Officer of the Order of British Empire[8] for "social welfare services in the State of Victoria".

[9] James died at Kareela Private Hospital, Auburn, Victoria on 6 November 1943.