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MCDERMOTT, Henry James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 24628 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 3 Medical Rehabilitation Unit |
| Born: | Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia, 16 February 1892 |
| Home Town: | Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk in the Victorian Railways |
| Died: | Paraplegia due to gunshot wound (3 years), Sepsis and Exhaustion (6 months), Anzac Hostel, Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 14 April 1922, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Boroondara (Kew) General Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic Section C, Grave Plot 0318 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Jun 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 24628, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: '' | |
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| 27 Jun 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 24628, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Barambah, Melbourne | |
| 5 Aug 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 7th Field Artillery Battery, Transferred from the 3rd DAC to the 7th Field Artillery on 5 August 1917 | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Bombardier, 24628, 7th Field Artillery Battery, Third Ypres, Gunshot wound to back. Paralysed both lower limbs. | |
| 13 Feb 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 24628, 3 Medical Rehabilitation Unit, Returned to Australia from England on board 2nd AH ship Kanowna embarked 16/12/1917 and disembarked on 13/02/1918 |
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