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MCGEACHIE, James Anderson
Service Number: | 1218 |
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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 |
World War 1 Service
9 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1218, 18th Infantry Battalion | |
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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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Add my storyBiography 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.