Harold Wilfred MCVICAR

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MCVICAR, Harold Wilfred

Service Number:	6860
Enlisted:	11 October 1916, Bathurst, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Burraga, New South Wales, Australia, 18 October 1891
Home Town:	Trunkey Creek, Bathurst Regional, New South Wales
Schooling:	Trunkey Public School, Trunkey Creek, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 28 June 1918, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery V C 15,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon, Trunkey Creek War Memorial

World War 1 Service

11 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6860, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Bathurst, NSW
8 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 6860, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Nicholson embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
8 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 6860, 3rd Infantry Battalion, SS Port Nicholson, Sydney
24 Jun 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6860, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Strazeele, Shell wounds throat and left thigh
28 Jun 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6860, 3rd Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Donald and Emily Mary McVICAR, 'The Sands', Trunkey Creek, New South Wales.

McVICAR.—In loving remembrance of our dear son and brother, who died of wounds in France June 28, 1918, Pte. H. W. McVicar, 3rd Battalion, aged 26 years and 8 months.
He sleeps not in his native land,
But under foreign skies,
Far from those who loved him,
In a hero's grave he lies.
He never shunned his country's call,
But gladly gave his life— his all,
He died the helpless to defend,
An Australian soldier's noble end.
Inserted by his loving -mother and father, sisters and brothers.

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