MCWILLIAM, George
| Service Number: | 1955 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Keith, Scotland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Mackie Academy, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire & Marykirk |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 8 July 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Messines Ridge British Cemetery Plot V Row C Grave 35, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Messines, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 41st Battalion Roll of Honour, Dalby 'The Fallen' Honour Board, Dalby St. Thomas Presbyterian Church, Dalby War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1955, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1955, 49th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane | |
| 8 Jul 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 1955, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1955 awm_unit: 41st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-07-08 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Enlisted at Toowoomba, Qld.
Embarked from Brisbane.
He was 25 and the son of John McWilliam, Haughhead, Laurencekirk.
He is one of three former pupils of Mackie Academy in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire who served with Australian forces and are remembered on the Honour Board there.
Mackie Academy is a now a secondary school in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire. The school was founded in 1893 thanks to the generosity of a local merchant, William Mackie, who bequeathed money in his will to establish a school in Stonehaven.
Today, the feeder primary schools are Arduthie, Bervie, Catterline, Dunnottar, Glenbervie, Gourdon, Johnshaven, Kinneff, Lairhillock, and Mill O'Forest.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Born at Keith, Scotland
Keith (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Chèith, or Cèith Mhaol Rubha (archaic)) is a small town in the Moray council area in north east Scotland.
Until 1975 it was in Banffshire, a name which persists in common usage and historical references.
He is remembered on the Marykirk War Memorial.
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