MCGILL, James Edward
| Service Number: | 2934 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 September 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1899 |
| Home Town: | Ashfield, Ashfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | William Street Public School, Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 25 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot XXIII, Row C, Grave No. 18, Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2934, 58th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 3 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2934, 58th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2934, 58th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
James Edward McGill, only just 17 years of age, enlisted in the 58th Battalion just before his two brothers embarked for overseas, both in the in the 18th Battalion AIF.
James's brother Alfred Eager McGill was severely wounded in action during the Battle of Menin Road in Belgium with the 18th Battalion 20 September 1917, a gunshot wound to the thorax, surviving 6 days in the 10th Casualty Clearing Station before he died of his wounds on the 26 September 1917. Another brother Herbert McGill, also 18th Battalion, survived the battle. James McGill was mortally wounded in action on the 25 September 1917, with multiple shrapnel wounds to the head and face, and died of wounds the same day in the 3rd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station. He was only born in 1899 and was probably not quite 18 years of age when he died.
By sheer chance, the two casualty stations the brothers died in are quite near one another, and the brothers are both buried in Plot XX111 of the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Belgium.
Herbert McGill continued to serve but was badly wounded later during 1918. He survived the war, returning home to Australia December 1918. They were the sons of Arthur and Margaret McGill of Sydney NSW.