MCGARITY, Lance Theodore
| Service Number: | 4554 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Narromine, New South Wales, 26 May 1889 |
| Home Town: | Byrock, Bourke, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 11 September 1961, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 3-84. 74 |
| Memorials: | Bourke & District War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4554, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 3 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 4554, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 4554, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Sydney | |
| 11 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4554, 4th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", Gassed | |
| 3 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4554, 4th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery, have I been forgotten?
60 years ago today, on the 12th September 1961, Private Lance Theodore McGarity, 4th Battalion (Reg No-4554), labourer from Byrock, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 72. CATHOLIC 3-84. 74.
Born at Narromine, New South Wales on the 26th May 1889 to Joseph Justin and Annie J McGarity; husband of Selina Jane McGarity nee Wright (married 1920, Marrickville, N.S.W., died 1959, CATHOLIC 3-81. 67., sleeping in an unmarked grave), Lance enlisted August 1915 at Dubbo, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 8.9.1916 (influenza), 4.4.1917 (influenza), 22.4.1917 (trench fever).
Wounded in action - 11.9.1918 (gas), Lance returned home June 1919, being discharged on the 3rd August 1919.
Mr. McGarity’s name has been inscribed on the Bourke & District War Memorial (photo) and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I located Lance resting in an unmarked grave, now forgotten, so April 2016 I placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
I will be submitting an application to DVA asking for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip to restore Honour and Dignity to Mr. McGarity.
Lest We Forget.
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