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MCCANN, James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5756 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 7 March 1890 |
| Home Town: | North Perth, Vincent, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Telephone Lineman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 11 April 1917, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Postmaster General's Department Perth WWI HR, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 5756, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 5756, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Seang Bee, Fremantle |
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