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MCPHEE, Charles Cedric
| Service Number: | 137 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 January 1916, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Goolwa, South Australia, October 1880 |
| Home Town: | Robe, Robe, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Commissioner of Public Works Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 137, 43rd Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide | |
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| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 137, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 137, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 27 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 137, 43rd Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, Gassed |
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Before the War
Charles Cedric McPhee was born in October 1880 in Goolwa, Australia to his parents John and Robina McPhee. When he was born, he had his three older sisters Edith Marion, Dorothy and Sarah Elizabeth McPhee but as he grew up his younger siblings Charlie, Harold, Albert Harold, Roseline Mary, Preston James Wilfred, Archie Donald McBain and Robena Agnes Isabella McPhee were born. Once Charles was of age, he became a labourer. When he enlisted, he was 35 years and 3 months old and measured 5 feet and 43/4 inches tall, was 33. 35 1/2 inches across his chest and weighted 130 pounds. On his records was depicted as having a fresh complexion with blue eyes and brown hair. Finally, McPhee named as his next of kin, Ellen Owen, to whom all his money would go to if his was to die during the war. On the 7th of March 1916, he was transferred to be a private in the 43rd Battalion of the Australia Imperial Force.
During the War
On the 9th of June 1916, Charles Cedric McPhee caught the HMAT Afric A1 from Australia to go travel a 5-mo.nth trip to France on the 25th of November. Soon after he was detached to serve with brigade HQ. He was wounded in action by gas on 27 May 1918. he returned to duty in early July.
On 20th of May 1919 he embarked on to the HJ Nestor back to Australia. Charles Cedric McPhee arrived on the 29th of June and then was discharged on the 14th of August.
After the War
After being discharged from the war, Charles had received twomedals. The first was a Victory Medal which was rewarded to all army men who were on the winning side of the war. The next medal was the British War Medal which is a campaign medal of the United Kingdom which was awarded to officers and men of British and Imperial forces for service in the First World War.
Charles Cedric McPhee was able to live until the year 1960 at the age of 77 when he passed away due to natural causes. No further details are known.