MAGEE, William Eric
| Service Number: | 887 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 December 1914, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Gallipoli, 8 November 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 887, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 17 Mar 1915: | Involvement Private, 887, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Mar 1915: | Embarked Private, 887, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Charles Joseph Magee, a builder from England, and his New South Wales-born wife Mary Theresa, née Cleary
His mother passed in Sept 1909 and their father passed about 7 days later. As the father passed at Waterfalls Hosp, and in 1909 it was treating all the TB cases one would have to assume that sadly they both passed from TB. There were 7 children in the family and they went to live with their Aunt - Miss E A CLARY, 214 Glebe Road, Glebe Point, NSW
Trooper Eric William Magee wounded by a sniper on Gallipoli on 7-11-1915 and died onboard H.S. Devanha on 8-11-1915 and buried at sea.
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
MAGEE. — On the 8th November, 1915, at “Pope's Hill,” Gallipoli, Eric William Magee, aged 22 years, killed in action, second eldest son of the late Charles Joseph Magee, Casino Road, South Lismore
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