Stephen Henry Joseph MAGEE

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MAGEE, Stephen Henry Joseph

Service Number:	2360
Enlisted:	13 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia, October 1890
Home Town:	South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Christian Brothers School, Abbotsford
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 3 May 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

13 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2360, 21st Infantry Battalion
29 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2360, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
29 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2360, 21st Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Stephen Magee was 19 years of age when his mother died in 1909. He was one of eight children of Thomas and Catherine Magee living in South Melbourne at the time of his death.

Stephen enlisted with his younger brother, 2361 Pte. Henry Vincent Magee 21st Battalion who was killed in action at Pozieres on 29 July 1916, aged 20. Stephen was badly wounded near Mouquet Farm about three weeks later, when shot through the upper thigh. He was evacuated to England for treatment and eventually returned to his unit during January 1917. He was killed at Bullecourt only 5 weeks late.

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