MCPHIE, Bernard Fritz Tempest
| Service Number: | 71 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 September 1914, Rosehill Camp, Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | West Maitland, New South Wales, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Maitland, Maitland Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | West Maitland Superior Public School |
| Occupation: | Drover |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 10 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
7th Field Ambulance Cemetery Special Memorial A 43 Originally interred in Norfolk Cemetery, 7th Field Ambulance Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bolwarra Public School Memorial Tablet, Bolwarra War Memorial, West Maitland Superior Public School Honor Roll, Woodville Roll of Honor, Woodville Volunteers Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 71, 13th Infantry Battalion, Rosehill Camp, Sydney | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 71, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 71, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 10 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 71, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Bernard Fritz Tempest McPHIE was born in 1887 in West Maitland, NSW
His parents were John McPHIE and Ada Ellen WYNN who married in 1884 - Bernard was their only son and he had three sisters, Ella, Ivy & Clara
His father John died in 1894 and his mother Ada remarried in 1897 to a William MILLS in East Maitland
He enlisted at Rosehill Camp in Sydney on 28th September, 1914 and embarked with the 13th Infantry Battalion, A Company on the HMAT Ulysses from Melbourne on 22nd December, 1914
Bernard was Killed in Action on 10th August, 1915 and originally buried in the Norfolk Cemetery - later his grave could not be located so now his name is memorialised in the Special Memorial A 43 of the 7th Field Ambulance Cemetery in Gallipoli for soldiers whose graves could not be found
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal
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