MCKINERY, Charles Albert
| Service Number: | 4860 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 60th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Accidental (Injuries), France, 8 February 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4860, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 7 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4860, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4860, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 8 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 4860, 60th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4860 awm_unit: 60th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-02-08 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Charles Albert McKinery was the son of Edward Patrick and Maria McKinery, of 196 Albert Road, Albert Park, Victoria. He was the second of three sons who died during WW1, all within twelve months.
Charles served at Fromelles with the 60th Battalion, as did his older brother, 1824A Pte. John Patrick McKinery who went missing during the battle and was later confirmed as killed in action 19 July 1916, aged 29. Charles was wounded in the arm at Fromelles, seriously enough to be evacuated to England. He rejoined the unit in France just prior to Christmas 1916.
Charles was accidently killed on the 8 February 1917, by the explosion of a Mills grenade which he hit with his pick whilst digging a trench in the line near Delville Wood. He was said by witnesses to have been mortally wounded and died soon after. Although he was buried close by, Charles’s grave was unfortunately lost and he has no known grave.
A third older brother, 2636 Private William Edward McKinery 36th Battalion AIF, was killed in action at Messines on 7 June 1917, age 34.
A fourth brother, 2658 Private Ernest James McKinery 6th Battalion AIF, served at Gallipoli and was returned to Australia with bronchitis on 23 June 1916. He died in 1923, at the age of 38.