MACKEY, Alfred Brittania
| Service Number: | 937 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 February 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, December 1877 |
| Home Town: | Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Pneumonia, University College Hospital, England , United Kingdom, 23 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
St. Pancras Cemetery St. Pancras Cemetery (10. 7R), Middlesex, St Pancras Cemetery, St Pancras, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 937, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 937, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 937, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 23 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 937, 19th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, at "Cape Hellas", compound fracture right arm/shoulder Invalided, England | |
| 18 Sep 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 937, 19th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, medically unfit due to wounding, Gallipoli. Remained in England as a munitions worker. | |
| 23 Aug 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 937, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 937 awm_unit: 19 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-23 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 23rd August…… Alfred Brittania Mackey was born at Balmain, Sydney, NSW in 1877. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 12th February, 1915 as a 38 year old, single, Carpenter from Cove Street, Balmain, Sydney, NSW.
Private Alfred Brittania Mackey embarked from Sydney, NSW on HMAT Ceramic (A40) on 25th June, 1915 with the 5th Infantry Brigade, 19th Infantry Battalion, “C” Company.
[Note: The Embarkation Roll has his rank listed as Private, however the Casualty Form – Active Service has his rank listed as Lance Corporal.]
Lance Corporal Mackey proceeded to join M.E.F. (Mediterranean Expeditionary Force) at Gallipoli Peninsula on 16th August, 1915. He was wounded at Dardanelles / Gallipoli on 24th August, 1915 & was admitted to Hospital Ship Ascanius on 27th August, 1915 with a comminuted fracture of right arm. Lance Corporal Mackey was transferred & admitted to Tigne Hospital at Malta on 30th August, 1915. He embarked from Malta on 9th September, 1915 on Hospital Ship Brasile for England.
Lance Corporal Mackey was admitted to King George Hospital, London, England on 16th September, 1915 with GSW to shoulder & fractured arm. He was transferred to Military Convalescent Hospital at Epsom on 12th January, 1916 & discharged to furlough on 16th February, 1916.
A Medical Report was completed on Lance Corporal Alfred Brittania Mackey on 14th March, 1916 at Australian Base Depot, Weymouth, England. His disability was listed as G.S.W. right shoulder & chest which had occurred at Anzac on 24th August, 1915. Lance Corporal Mackey had been operated on “twice for the removal of necrosed bone….. Cannot raise R. arm above shoulder & movements at shoulder joint are limited.” The Medical Board recommended that Lance Corporal Mackey was fit for Home Service – light duties.
Lance Corporal Mackey was invalided to Australia from Portland on 17th March, 1916 on Ascanius with GSW shoulder & arrived in Australia on 30th April, 1916.
Lance Corporal Alfred Brittania Mackey was discharged from the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) in Sydney, New South Wales on 18th September, 1916 – medically unfit – disability – G.S.W (gunshot wound/s) Right shoulder and chest.
After being medically discharged from the Australian Imperial Force Alfred Brittania Mackey would have applied for enrolment as a Volunteer for Manufacture of Munitions in Great Britain.
Unfortunately, his Munition Worker File was not available for free viewing (at the time of research) but it does show that he was issued with a Munitions Worker number of 3331.
Alfred B. Mackey married Bertha E. Coles in the December quarter, 1917 in the district of Swindon, Wiltshire, England.
Ex-Lance Corporal Alfred Brittania Mackey died on 23rd August, 1918 at University College Hospital, England from Pneumonia.
He was buried in St. Pancras Cemetery, East Finchley, London, England
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/-east-finchley.html
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