MAGEE, Henry Vincent
| Service Number: | 2361 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Richmond, Victoria, Australia, June 1896 |
| Home Town: | South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | St Peters and Pauls Catholic School, South Melbourne |
| Occupation: | Printer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 29 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Pozières British Cemetery Plot I, Row G, Grave No. 43 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2361, 21st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2361, 21st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 29 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2361, 21st Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Henry Magee was only 13 years of age when his mother died in 1909. He was one of eight children of Thomas and Catherine Magee living in South Melbourne at the time of his death.
He died during heavy fighting at Pozieres on 29 July 1916, during the 21st Battalion’s first battle on the Western Front. It seems he was buried on the battlefield and his remains were found by the Graves Exhumation teams in May 1915, along with four other members of his battalion all buried in the same grave, marked by a Battalion cross.
His older brother who had enlisted at the same time, (they had consecutive regimental numbers) 2360 Pte. Stephen Henry Joseph Magee was killed in action at Bullecourt, France, 3 May 1917, aged 26.
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