Wilfred Ernest MCDERMOTT

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MCDERMOTT, Wilfred Ernest

Other Name:	MacDermott, Wilfred Ernest - National Archives Service Record WWI
Service Numbers:	3252, V147793
Enlisted:	23 March 1942
Last Rank:	Staff Sergeant
Last Unit:	Lines of Communication Units
Born:	Ghaziabad, India, 12 September 1894
Home Town:	Middle Park, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 13 April 1953, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Wilfred's ashes are with his son's Ronald McDermott & Ron's wife Mary's ashes PLOT Melaleuca, Garden M3, Bed 4, Rose 22
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World War 1 Service

2 Feb 1918:	Embarked Sergeant, 3252, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
2 Feb 1918:	Involvement Sergeant, 3252, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''

World War 2 Service

23 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, V147793, Lines of Communication Units
23 Jun 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, V147793, Lines of Communication Units

World War 1 Service

Date unknown:	Wounded 3252, 39th Infantry Battalion

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Ancestry Family Tree

Name Wilfred Ernest Owen McDermott
Gender Male
Birth Date 12 Sep 1894
Birth Place India
Baptism Date 04 Oct 1894
Baptism Age 0
Baptism Place Delhi, Bengal, India
Father Marr McDermott
Mother Fanny

Biography contributed by christine pearce

Wilfren enlisted under the surname spelling McDermott (WW1 he enlisted as MacDermott). He trained for a short perios at the Royal Military College Duntroon Canberra. He went onto Military Intelligence 'Directorate Army Headquarters, Victoria Barracks as a Clerk. He was discharded upon request on compassionate grounds, due to his wife Ella's ill health.

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