MCMULLEN, John Henry Osric
| Service Numbers: | 379, 32661, Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1914, Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 14th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Annandale, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Horse Driver |
| Died: | Natural causes, Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 2 August 1965 |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 379, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Sydney | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Gunner, 379, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Gunner, 379, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 6 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 379, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Spinal Injuries | |
| 17 May 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 379, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, London, Medically unfit - functional paraplegia. | |
| 4 Jun 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 32661, Australian Artillery Training Depot, London | |
| 10 Apr 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Reinforcements WW1 | |
| 14 May 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 14th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 10 Jul 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 14th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 9 Jul 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , HT Prinz Ludwig, London for return to Australia - arriving Sydney 7 September 1919. | |
| 23 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 14th Field Artillery Brigade |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Michael Silver
A horse driver prior to enlistment on 24 August 1914, Gunner John Henry Osric McMullen embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Argyllshire (A8) on 18 October 1914. He was wounded in action, suffering severe damage to the spine at Gallipoli in May 1915 and was hospitalised at Mustapha Convalescence Camp.
In August 1915 he was invalided to Bethnal Green Hospital in London, then Harefield. In May 1916, he was discharged as unfit for war service, suffering functional paraplegia.
He reenlisted in London in June 1917 under the number 32661 and served the remainder of the war with the 14th Field Artillery Brigade in France, during which time he was promoted to Lieutenant in April 1918.
He returned to Australia in September 1919.
Lieutenant J.H.O. McMullen died at Burwood, New South Wales in 1965 aged 70.
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