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MCNAIR, Arthur Victor
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 75, 69, 5474 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 September 1899, Originally in NSW Infantry Company - becoming 'E' Squadron, NSW Mounted Rifles in South Africa |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Waverley, New South Wales, Australia, 10 October 1881 |
| Home Town: | Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Randwick Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Gardener |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
Boer War Service
| 30 Sep 1899: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Bugler, 75, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles, Originally in NSW Infantry Company - becoming 'E' Squadron, NSW Mounted Rifles in South Africa | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Bugler, 75, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles | |
| 3 Nov 1899: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Bugler, 75, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles, SS Aberdeen, Sydney - disembarking Capetown 6 December 1899 | |
| 13 Dec 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Bugler, 75, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles, SS Orient, Capetown - disembarking Sydney 8 January 1901 |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 69, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force | |
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| 28 Nov 1914: | Involvement Private, 69, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Eastern embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 28 Nov 1914: | Embarked Private, 69, 3rd Infantry Battalion, SS Eastern, Sydney | |
| 10 Feb 1915: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 69, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force | |
| 21 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5474, 19th Infantry Battalion, Casula | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 5474, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 5474, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5474, 19th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second) |
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