MCIVER, Neil Campbell
| Service Number: | 2067 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Scone, New South Wales, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Rozelle, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Memorials: | Wellington Hall of Memory Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2067, 31st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 18 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 2067, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 2067, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne | |
| 2 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion | |
| 25 May 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 46th Infantry Battalion, Due to disbandment 47th Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Neil Campbell McIver was the youngest of three brothers who enlisted in the AIF during WW1. His two older brothers both died during the war, 5178 Pte. James McIver 1st Battalion AIF was killed in action during the storming of Pozieres on 22 July 1916, aged 27 and 6803 Pte. Thomas McIver 35th Battalion AIF, was killed in action near Villers Bretonneux on 4 April 1918, aged 28.
They were the sons of James and Mary Campbell McIver, of Wellington, New South Wales.
Neil was only 21 years of age when he left Australia during February 1916. He was posted to the 47th Battalion in Egypt. He struggled with army discipline for most of his time in the AIF, being charged with using obscene language to an NCO, then insolence to a NCO, gambling (playing two up). After the end of the war during late 1918 he was sentenced to one year in detention for forcing entry into a house belonging to a French citizen. He served several months in a military prison before he was sent home during July 1919.
For all of his misdemeanors, like many Australians he seemed to have performed well on the battlefield. He fought through the Pozieres, Mouquet Farm campaign, right through 1917, being wounded in Belgium during 1917, underwent training as a signaler and fought through the Battle of Dernancourt in 1918. He was transferred to the 46th Battalion after the disbandment of the 47th Battalion in May 1918 and served right through until the end of the war.