MCGREE, John Ambrose
| Service Number: | 3888 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hickeys Creek, New South Wales, Australia, 5 November 1890 |
| Home Town: | Macksville, Nambucca Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Taylors Arm Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 26 July 1916, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension Plot V, Row B, Grave No. 20. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Utungun Taylors Arm WW1 Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3888, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 30 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3888, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3888, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Sydney | |
| 26 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 3888, 1st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3888 awm_unit: 1 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-26 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
John Ambrose McGree enlisted 26th August 1915, just a fortnight after his older brother, 10/1586 Private Patrick Joseph Mcgree of the NZ Wellington Rifles, was reported missing during the heavy fighting at Chunuk Bair Ridge, Gallipoli, on the 8 August 1915.
John left Australia on the 30th December 1915 and joined the 1st Battalion AIF in France during June 1916. During the attack on Pozieres by the 1st Division McGree was mortally wounded in the back and chest on or about the 22nd July 1916. John Ambrose McGree died of wounds on the 26th July 1916 and was a buried by a British chaplain in the Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension.
A third brother, 8/2076 Private Michael Dennis McGree Otago Regiment, NZEF, was killed in action near Gommecourt Wood, France, 18 July 1918.
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