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MCKINSTRY, James Alexander
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 237 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 January 1915, Place of enlistment - Bendigo, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Goornong, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Memorials: | Goornong District Honor Roll WW1, Goornong Presbyterian Church Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 237, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Place of enlistment - Bendigo, Victoria | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 237, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A38' Ulysses from Melbourne on 10th May 1915. | |
| 31 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 237, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Embarked on NZHS Marama from Southampton on 31st August 1916 | |
| 17 Nov 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 237, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Medical Discharge |
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Son of William John and Charlotte McKINSTRY, of Goornong, Victoria.
Brother of
- 2597 Private Arthur Laggart McKINSTRY - , 15th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia 28th August 1919 (born 1888)
- 238 Sergeant Thomas Marshall McKINSTRY - 21st Infantry Battalion, killed in action Belguim 4th October 1917 (born 1896) [Left Australia on the same vessel as his brother James and was killed on the same day as his brother Andrew, who was serving in the same unit]
- 5152 Private Andrew Hugh McKINSTRY - 21st Infantry Battalion, killed in action Belguim 4th October 1917 (born 1897) [Killed on the same day as his brother Thomas, who was serving in the same unit]
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