James MCEWAN

MCEWAN, James

Service Number: 429
Enlisted: 25 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Sydney, New South Wales, 9 April 1893
Home Town: Glebe, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Seaman
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915, aged 22 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Lone Pine Memorial Panel 18, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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World War 1 Service

25 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 429, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Enlisted at Sydney
18 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 429, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 429, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Address at the time of enlistment was 33 Mitchell Street, Glebe, NSW

Son of James Alexander McEwan of Coal Lumpers Union, Millers Point,NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal