MCINNES, William Charles
| Service Number: | 1749 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Corryong, Victoria, Australia, 1884 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Corryong, Victoria, Australia, 10 May 1966, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Corryong Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 1749, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 4 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1749, 46th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne |
WILLIAM CHARLES McINNES
WILLIAM CHARLES McINNES (1884-1966) born at Corryong VIC, son of Alexander and Eliza McInnes nee Hamilton. William enlisted to serve in WW1 as Private 1749 on September 17th, 1915, with the 44th Battalion. William trained with the 28th Light Horse at Royal Park. He embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Euripedes A14 with the 46th Infantry Battalion 2-5 Reinforcements (APRIL-SEPT 1916). He was wounded in action on February 12th, 1917 in France and two weeks later was set to England for treatment – Gun shot wound in Right buttock. Promotion to Lance-Corporal was announced on September 26th, 1918. Battle honours include Messines, Ypres, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Peolcapple, Passchendale, Some, Ancres, Hamel, Aemiens, Albert, Mont St.Quentin, Hindenberg Line, St. Quentin Canel, and Flanders. Corporal McInnes was listed for return to Australia April 5th, 1919 and received his discharge on August 17th. He was awarded the 1914-19 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. Then on December 11th, 1919 word was received that he had been mentioned in Despatches by Sir. Douglas Haig on March 16th, 1919 as deserving special mention and the notice was promulgated in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. 124 on October 30th and received his MiD emblem – the Oak Leaves (one large and one small) in 1920. HMAT Euripedes was of 15,050 tons and had an average cruising speed of 15 knots or 27.78 kph. It was owned by the London based G Thompson & Co.
Submitted 22 June 2015 by Beryl Pittman