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MCCREADY, David William Marcus

Service Number:	2957
Enlisted:	3 February 1916, Warrnambool, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	29th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Warrnambool, Warrnambool, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 27 September 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Panel 23
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dennington War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

3 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2957, 29th Infantry Battalion, Warrnambool, Vic.
4 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 2957, 29th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
4 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 2957, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
18 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2957, 29th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, SW to left shoulder sustained near Lagnicourt. Evacuated to hospital (France). Rejoined unit 11 August 1917.
26 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2957, 29th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood

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