MCINNES, John Robert
| Service Number: | 1979 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Wards River, New South Wales, Australia, January 1880 |
| Home Town: | Gloucester, Gloucester Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher and cook |
| Died: | Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 25 August 1934, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW PRESBYTERIAN-22NW. 18. |
| Memorials: | Gloucester Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1979, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 1979, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 1979, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 13 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Pioneer Battalion | |
| 20 Jun 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1979, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Gassed | |
| 23 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1979, 4th Pioneer Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
88 years ago today, on the Monday afternoon of the 27th August 1934, Private John Robert McInnes, 4th Australian Pioneer Battalion (Reg No-1979), butcher and cook from Hume Street, Gloucester, New South Wales and 9 or 39 Evescourt Road, New Lambton, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 54. PRESBYTERIAN-22NW. 18.
Born at Wards River, New South Wales on the 20th December 1879 to Finlay or Finley and Emma Susanna or Susanah McInnes; husband of Emma (Emily) McInnes nee Jones (married 1902, Newcastle, N.S.W., died 22.11.1953) of 24 The Crescent, Wallsend, N.S.W., John enlisted June 1915 with the 17th Battalion at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 20.6.1918 (gassed, mild).
Invalided to England 28.6.1918.
Transferred to hospital 9.7.1918 (gas poisoning).
John returned home July 1919, not being discharged until the 15th May 1920.
Mr. McInnes’s name has been inscribed on the Gloucester Presbyterian Church First World War
The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall. Name not inscribed on the Gloucester Shire First World War Roll of Honor.
I have placed poppies on John’s white marble headstone in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Service record states died Randwick Prince of Wales Hospital 25/8/1934, Imp. War Graves List, 20.8.1951.
Younger brother Herbert Finlay or Finley (Gunner, 34th Battalion & Australian Field Artillery Details, Reg No-3088, born 1885, Muswellbrook, N.S.W., died 20.12.1947, age 62) also resting at the cemetery. ANGLICAN 3-176. 30.
Younger brother Alfred Charles (2nd & 54th Battalions, Reg No-658, Original Anzac, born 1882, Gunnedah, N.S.W., died 20.9.1949, Glebe, N.S.W., no death or funeral notice located) also served 1st A.I.F.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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