MCPHEE, Richard John Valentine
| Service Number: | 956 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 37th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, 1884 |
| Home Town: | Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Kyneton, Victoria, Australia, 1 April 1957, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Garden Of Remembrance 2, Wall 1, Section 13, Niche 2 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 956, 37th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 3 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 956, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 956, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
956 Private Richard John Valentine McPhee 37th Battalion AIF was shot in the chest at Messines on 7 June 1917. He was evacuated to England and returned to Australia in late 1917, with a penetrating wound to his right lung.
A brother, 3870 Pte. Norman Donald McPhee 8th Battalion AIF, had been killed in action only three weeks before on the 29 June 1916, aged 29.
Another brother was killed in action at Fromelles 20 July 1916, 119 Pte William James Oliver McPhee, 32nd Battalion, and another brother, 3390 Pte. Alick McPhee of the same battalion, was severely wounded the same day, 20 July 1916, and returned to Australia medically unfit in early 1919.
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