MCGEE, Bryan James
| Service Number: | 6782 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 July 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, January 1892 |
| Home Town: | Kensington, Randwick, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Wool classer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 11 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6782, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 8 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6782, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Nicholson embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: Given name incorrectly spelt as Byron on original record | |
| 8 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6782, 13th Infantry Battalion, SS Port Nicholson, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Peter Barnes
The captivating photograph is of Private Bryan James McGee, 13th Battalion.
A wool classer from Kensington, NSW, Private McGee embarked with the 22nd Reinforcements from Sydney on SS Port Nicholson on the 8th of November 1916.
He was killed in action at Bullecourt, France, on the 11th of April 1917, aged 26.
Private McGee has no known grave and is commemorated on the Villers Bretonneux Memorial, France.
On April the 11th, 1917, the day Private McGee died, two brigades of the Australian 4th Division attacked German positions in Bullecourt, in the First Battle of Bullecourt.
Caught in murderous machine-gun and artillery fire, the Australians were forced to retreat. The Australian 4th Brigade alone sustained losses of 2,258 killed, wounded or taken prisoner, out of approximately 3,000 infantry.
Lest We Forget.
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