MCINNES, Lachlan
| Service Number: | 598 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Taralga, Upper Lachlan Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 14 November 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Warlencourt British Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Taralga War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 598, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 598, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 14 Nov 1916: | Involvement Sergeant, 598, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 598 awm_unit: 19 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-11-14 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Maree Woods
Lachlan McInnes was born in 1885 in Taralga, New South Wales. He was the second son and 5th child of six of Alexander McInnes and Margaret Evans.
Lachlan enlisted on March 10th, 1915, and arrived at Gallipoli in August 1915. Following the evacuation, he was in training camps in Egypt before transferring to France in March.
His battalion, along with most of the Australian Imperial Force, was engaged in the nursery trenches in the Ypres Salient, engaging with the enemy in trench warfare before being thrust into the Battle of Pozieres and Mouquet Farm. He was promoted to corporal and to sergeant and in September he attended bomb school.
In November 1916 the enemy front line consisted of two trenches, the Gird Line and Gird Support. On November 14th the 19th Battalion, together with the 25th and 26th Battalions, attacked the Gird Trenches near Flers. The unit diary records a significant battle.
During the second attack on Flers and Guedecourt, and six days before General Haig suspended the fighting on the Somme, Lachlan was reported missing in action.
His parents, according to a report in the newspaper, spent many years waiting for news but his record was updated in December 1917 to show he was killed in action.
Lachlan died on November 14th, 1916, at the age of 33. He is buried in the Warlencourt British Cemetery near Baupame in France. He is commemorated on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll on Panel 89 and his name is also recorded on the Taralga War memorial.
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