Herbert Joseph MCMAHEN

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MCMAHEN, Herbert Joseph

Service Number:	3592
Enlisted:	29 September 1915, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	South Yarra, Victoria, Australia, 31 May 1891
Home Town:	Coolup, Murray, Western Australia
Schooling:	Perth Public School, Western Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Died of Illness (POW of Germany - Influenza), Dülmen, Germany, 2 November 1918, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Cologne Southern Cemetery Originally buried in the Protestant Cemetery at Recklinghausen and then in 1924 was moved to the Cologne South Cemetery, Germany,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Coolup War Memorial, Pinjarra War Memorial

World War 1 Service

29 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3592, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
17 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3592, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
17 Jan 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3592, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Fremantle
3 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
19 Aug 1916:	Imprisoned Battle for Pozières
19 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3592, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , Shell wound (chest and arm)
2 Nov 1918:	Involvement Private, 3592, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3592 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-11-02

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...3592 Pte Herbert Joseph McMahen, 51st Battalion from Coolup, WA... Pte McMahen enlisted at the age of 24 on 29 September 1915 and embarked for overseas with the 28th Battalion on 17 January 1916 aboard HMAT Borda. He was wounded in the chest and upper arm and captured at Pozieres, France on 19 August 1916. Pte McMahen was held in a number of POW camps and recovered from his wounds but died of influenza on 2 November 1918. He was buried in the Protestant Cemetery at Recklinghausen and then in 1924 was moved to the Cologne South Cemetery, Germany..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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