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MCCARTNEY, William Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2655 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 February 1915, Allocated to 8th Reinforcements of the 6th Battalion at Broadmeadows on 24 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Burnley, Lancashire, England, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Sunbury, Hume, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Boot Maker |
| Died: | War Service related , Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia, 24 August 1948 |
| Cemetery: |
Cheltenham Memorial Park, Victoria, Australia Died after discharge 24 August 1948 from War Service Grave 48 /342/N |
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World War 1 Service
| 1 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2655, 6th Infantry Battalion, Allocated to 8th Reinforcements of the 6th Battalion at Broadmeadows on 24 August 1915 | |
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| 26 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2655, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2655, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne | |
| 31 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2655, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Taken on Strength of 6th Battalion At Lemnos from 8th Reinforcement S to the 6th Battalion | |
| 30 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2655, 6th Infantry Battalion, 6th Battalion to join BEF disembarked Marseille France | |
| 8 May 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2655, 6th Infantry Battalion, Shell Shock from Enemy Artillery Barrage Armenteries | |
| 22 Jun 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from 3rd Field Ambulance 1st Australian Division to No18 General Hospital Camiers Shell Shock | |
| 24 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Field Ambulance, Admitted to 7th Field Ambulance France post return from Convalescence on 26 November 1916 Ex UK Reoccurrence ShellShock | |
| 27 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Admitted Shell Shock ex France | |
| 7 Nov 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2655, 6th Infantry Battalion, Return to Australia 21 July 1917 Discharge 3MD Medically Unfit ShellShock |
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