MCTAGGART, John
| Service Number: | 633 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 August 1916, Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hamilton, Scotland, 28 May 1887 |
| Home Town: | Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tram Conductor |
| Died: | Died of Wounds, France, 25 June 1918, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Longueau British Cemetery, Somme, France Plot I, Row F, Grave 4, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 633, 9th Machine Gun Company, Sydney | |
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| 21 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 633, 9th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 633, 9th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Suevic, Melbourne | |
| 17 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 633, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Gassed. Rejoined his unit on 18th June 1918. | |
| 25 Jun 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 633, 33rd Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 633 awm_unit: 33rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-06-25 |
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John McTAGGART (Service Number 633) was born in Hamilton, Scotland, on 28th May 1887. He joined the Tramways in Sydney as a conductor in October 1915. He was released from duty in August 1916 to enlist in the AIF in Sydney and gave his ‘trade or calling’ then as ‘Labourer’, although continuously employed as a tram conductor since 1915.
He was allotted to the 10th Reinforcements of the 9th Machine Gun Company. He was embarked from Melbourne in June 1917, and landed in England in August. In September he was transferred to the 33rd Battalion, sent to France in December, and ‘taken on strength’ by his unit on 30th December 1917.
He was gassed on 17th April 1918, and spent more than a month recovering before re-joining his unit on 18th June.
He was gassed again on 25th June 1918, and died of gas poisoning at the 10th Australian Field Ambulance the same day. He was buried in Longueau British Military Cemetery, two miles SE of Amiens.
A memorial notice placed in the Sydney Morning Herald on 25/6/1919 ‘by his only chum’ stated that he ‘died from Allies’ gas-poisoning in Villers Bretonneux’.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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