MCBRIDE, Michael John
| Service Number: | 21083 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 September 1915, Enlisted at Lismore. |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 9th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Walcha Road, New South Wales, Australia, 29 September 1892 |
| Home Town: | Walcha Road, Walcha, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Locomotive Fireman |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 20 May 1918, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Vignacourt British Cemetery, Picardie |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Walcha Road Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 21083, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Lismore. | |
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| 11 May 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 21083, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 11 May 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 21083, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 20 May 1918: | Involvement Gunner, 21083, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 21083 awm_unit: 6th Australian (Army) Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1918-05-20 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Michael John MCBRIDE (Service Number 21083) was born on 29th September 1892 at Walcha Road. He first worked for the NSW Government Railways as a casual cleaner at Werris Creek from 27th February 1912 for more than a year. He was made a permanent employee on 16th November 1913. In July 1914 he progressed to fireman. A year later he relocated to Lismore. Soon after his taking up duties there he was granted leave to join the Expeditionary Forces in October 1915 though, he had in fact enlisted at Lismore a few weeks before on 22nd September. At that time, he was not married and gave his father still living at Walcha Road as his next of kin.
Allotted to the 35th Battery of the 9th Field Artillery Brigade, McBride embarked HMAT ‘Argyllshire’ on 11th May 1916, reaching Devonport on 10 July 1916.He spent the rest of 1916 in training. In March 1917 he was hospitalised with mumps and it was June 1917 before he proceeded overseas to France and July before he joined the 6th Australian Field Artillery Brigade. He was posted to the Brigade Artillery Column. In November he transferred to the 17th Battery.
He was wounded by shrapnel with a compound fracture of his right arm on 20th May 1918. Although he reached the 6th Australian Field Ambulance and the 61st Casualty Clearing Station he died of those wounds the same day. No details of the place or circumstances of his wounding have survived.
He was buried at Vignacourt at map reference 1/100,000.LENS.11.C.6. Rev H V O’Neil chaplain attached to the 61st CCS officiated. This place is now known as Vignacourt British Cemetery, France.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.