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MCCORMACK, John Francis
| Service Number: | 2199 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Hackney South Australia, 8 January 1892 |
| Home Town: | North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Gardener |
| Died: | Myrtle Bank, South Australia, 11 December 1967, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Enfield Memorial Park, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Lower North Adelaide War Memorial WW1, North Adelaide Christ Church Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 31 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2199, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 23 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2199, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Morea embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 23 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2199, 27th Infantry Battalion, RMS Morea, Adelaide | |
| 29 Apr 1917: | Wounded 2199, 27th Infantry Battalion, John Francis McCormack sustained a gunshot wound to the chest on the 29th of April, 1917. He was then admitted to the 14th Australian General Hospital where he was then discharged in the July of 1919. | |
| 24 Jul 1919: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 14th Light Horse Regiment |
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John Francis McCormack was born in Hackney, South Australia a suburb in Adelaide, 8th January 1892. According to his military records, his next of kin was his mother, Kate McCormack. Before war, he had worked as a gardener.
At the outbreak of the first World War, John Francis McCormack had enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on the 31st of May 1915 at Keswick, in South Australia aged 23. As part of his enlistment process, he had to undergo a medical examination and was found fit, prepared for his active service. Records had described him as standing at approximately five feet seven inches tall, weighing about 158 pounds, having a dark complextion, grey eyes and dark hair.
John Francis McCormack was assigned to the 27th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement, a unit that was predominantly made of the South Australian recruits. After two months spent training in Adelaide, the members of the Battalion embarked for service overseas.
He embarked from Adelaide on the 23rd of August 1915 aboard the RMS Morea for Egypt. He was transferred to the Camel Corps in January 1916 and served in the Middle East. The following year he was hospitalised with an infection for a couple of months but recovered to rejoin his unit at the beginning of March 1917
On the 29th of April 1917, he sustained a gunshot wound to the chest that required immediate medical attention. John was admitted to hospital in Egypt and after treatment returned to depot on 17th May 1917. He was punished for being absent without leave and forfeited pay. John was transferred to the 14th Light Horse 1st July 1917 where he served for the remainder of the war.
In December 1918 John was treated in hopsital for an infection and remained in medical facilities for the remainder of his time overseas. He returned to Australia on the 24th of July, 1919 and he was officially discharged on the 22nd of October, 1919.
John lived until the age of 75 at died 11 December 1967 at Myrtle Bank in Adelaide. He is buried at Enfield Cemetery.
He is commemorated on the Lower North Adelaide War Memorial and North Adelaide Christ Church Honour Board.