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MCKERN, Howard Taylor
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 454 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Arncliffe, New South Wales, Australia, 21 May 1893 |
| Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Summer Hill Public School, Hurlstone Agricultural High School and Wagga Experiment Farm, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of Wounds - Gas Gangrene, Malta, 16 August 1915, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Pieta Military Cemetery Plot B, Row V1, Grave 5 Chaplain CSL Alford officiated |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mosman St. Clements Anglican Church Great War Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 23 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 454, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 454, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 454, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 1 May 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion, In the field | |
| 6 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 454, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gunshot wound to the leg which caused a compound fracture resulting in gas gangrene | |
| 16 Aug 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 454, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 454 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-16 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James and Mary Eldridge McKern of 'Murrurundi', 17 Raglan Street, Mosman, NSW. Brother of Alan Charles McKern who was living in Griffith, NSW in the 1960's
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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