MCBRIDE, Joseph Ignatius
| Service Number: | 1242 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 September 1914, Kensington, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hunter's Hill, New South Wales, 22 October 1894 |
| Home Town: | Hunters Hill, Hunters Hill, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Saint Ignatius' College Riverview |
| Occupation: | Station hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 29 June 1915, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wagga Wagga Experiment Farm Great War Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1242, Kensington, New South Wales | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1242, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1242, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1242, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"THE LATE PRIVATE JOSEPH I. McBRIDE
Writing from the front, the Rev. E. McAuliffe (of St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney), chaplain, 1st Inf. Brigade, to Alderman B. McBride, of Hunter's Hill, concerning the sad news of the death of his youngest son, Private Joseph Ignatius McBride, at Gallipoli, says:-
"It may lessen your grief to know that a short time before he died he was at the Sacraments, and was fully prepared to meet his Saviour. Death was instantaneous, hence there was no long-drawn-out agony of pain. It will be a consolation to you to know that your son was the bravest of the brave, that he was respected by all his comrades and officers, and that he fought and died a hero. He is buried among his comrades in a cemetery not far from where he fell, in a place you will never forget — Shrapnel Valley. I read the burial service; and his comrades have erected a beautiful cross over his grave."
Further particulars were received from Captain Coltman, who writes to the young hero's father:-
"Your son was in D Company, my old company before taking up machine-gun work, and he had just volunteered for machine-gun work and was training for it. While carrying out the duties of sentry with his company in the fire trenches on the morning, of the 29th June, he was shot in the head, death being instantaneous. He died doing his duty, and doing it well, and thoroughly. He was such a fine fellow, and, it will interest you to know, that his friends in the company were of the best type of men we have here. They made a very happy party, and were always dependable and men of fine character. They feel his loss very much. I attended the burial, with all his friends that could be spared from the trenches." - from the Sydney Freeman's Journal 26 Aug 1915 (nla.gov.au)
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