James Anderson MCGEACHIE

MCGEACHIE, James Anderson

    Service Number: 1218
    Enlisted: 9 February 1915
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 18th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Newmilns, Ayrshire, Scotland, 22 April 1889
    Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Newmilns Public School, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Occupation: Bush clearer
    Died: Killed in Action, Hill 60, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 22 August 1915, aged 26 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Remembered on the Newmilns War Memorial, Scotland., Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, West Wallsend Presbyterian Honour Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    9 Feb 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1218, 18th Infantry Battalion
    25 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 1218, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    25 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 1218, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney

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    Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

    James came out to Australia from Scotland with his brother Thomas in around 1912. He is mentioned in De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-1919 which states he worked as a bushman at Stockinbingal in NSW before he enlisted. He was killed in action during the attack on Hill 60 delivered by the 18th Battalion AIF not long after their arrival at Anzac.

    James's brother Thomas McGeachie was killed in action at Hill 60 in Belgium the following year.

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