MCCREDDEN, John
| Service Number: | 2105 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 42nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Donald, Victoria, Australia, 1883 |
| Home Town: | Charleville, Murweh, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Reedy Dam State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Stockman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 31 July 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beulah Memorial Gates, Birchip War Memorial, Brisbane 42nd Infantry Battalion AIF Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2105, 42nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 7 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2105, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2105, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Jack was the eldest of twelve children of William John McCredden (b1863 in Terang, Victoria) and Margaret Ann Wylie (b1858 in Mokey Gully, Linton, Victoria). William - a Farmer at Colack - and Margaret married in 1886 in St Arnaud, Wimmera, Victoria. William and Margaret settled in the region, where William was a Farmer at Reedy Creek, Birchip in the Wimmera Region of Victoria.
Jack was a Stockman in Charleville, QLD in March 1916 when he enlisted in the AIF (Private; Service No:2105) with 42nd Infantry battalion. He was KiA in Belgium in July 1917. Eight of Jack's brothers enlisted, with four passing selection and serving in WWI. Two brothers were also KiA - Albert Richard and Ernest James.
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