Werner Henry (Mac) MCPHERSON MC

Badge Number: S10656, Sub Branch: Blackwood
S10656

MCPHERSON, Werner Henry

Service Number: 2771
Enlisted: 14 September 1914, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 4th Divisional Ammunition Column
Born: Adelaide, South Australia, 8 December 1888
Home Town: Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Overseer
Died: Natural causes, Adelaide, South Australia, 5 October 1952, aged 63 years
Cemetery: AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia
Kendrew Oval, Row 13, Plot 44
Memorials: Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board
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World War 1 Service

14 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2771, Adelaide, South Australia
20 Oct 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 2771, Divisional Ammunition Column, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 2771, Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Medic, Adelaide
30 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2771, Divisional Ammunition Column, ANZAC / Gallipoli
27 Oct 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Divisional Ammunition Column
24 Feb 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 24th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade
23 May 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column
1 Oct 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column
4 Feb 1917: Honoured Military Cross, For conspicuous gallantry in action... He kept his trench mortar in action under heavy hostile shell fire and succeeded in carrying out his task of wirecutting. He set a splendid example throughout.
25 Apr 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 11th Field Artillery Brigade
9 Oct 1918: Wounded Lieutenant, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , "The Last Hundred Days", GSW (thigh)
12 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column

Marriage

Lt. Werner Henry McPherson MC married Patricia Maureen Livesay Henniker Mackay at the Parish Church in Heytesbury on 11 May 1918. Witnesses to the marriage included Lt. James Bernard Diamond and Captain (later Major) Henry James Gurd MC.

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