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MCCREA, Harold Alexander
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 916 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 March 1915, Enlisted Nagambie Victoria allocated to D Company 24th Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp on 28th April 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bellaghy Ireland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Nagambie, Strathbogie, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Bellaghy Public School, Ireland |
| Occupation: | Orchardist |
| Died: | War related injuries , East Kew Melbourne Victoria , 28 August 1923, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Presbyterian Section |
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World War 1 Service
| 22 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 916, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Nagambie Victoria allocated to D Company 24th Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp on 28th April 1915 | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 916, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 916, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 4 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 916, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 4 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of the 60th then the 57th Battalion at Ferry’s Post Egypt on raising of the 5th Division AIF | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 916, 57th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), GSW Right Leg amputated and GSW to face evacuation to England for treatment and convalescence | |
| 31 Aug 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Australian Auxiliary Hospital - WW1, Convalescence post surgery amputation of right leg (thigh) | |
| 30 Jun 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 916, 2nd Australian Auxiliary Hospital - WW1, Discharged to Hospital Ships for RTA 3MD for discharge medically unfit Amputation right leg. Thigh | |
| 8 Oct 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 916, 57th Infantry Battalion, Discharged 3MD Melbourne medically unfit Amputated right leg thigh |
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