MCCREA, John
| Service Numbers: | 1200, 1124 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Remount Unit (AIF) |
| Born: | Koroit, Vic., 1870 |
| Home Town: | Warracknabeal, Yarriambiack, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stud Groom |
| Died: | Military Base, Horsham, vic., 9 June 1937, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Horsham Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 1200, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse |
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World War 1 Service
| 13 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1st Remount Unit (AIF) | |
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| 12 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1124, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1124, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), HMAT Orsova, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Late John McRea
A correspondent writes: There passed away on the 9th June at the Military Base Hospital, Horsham (Vic.), an old Scottsdale identity, John McCrea. Familiarly known as 'Canary Jack,' he worked for many years for the late Thos. Hardman, 'Morningside,' and then for G. W. Burrows, 'Blackwood Park,' from where he enlisted in the Great War. His age was much against him, but after many tries he got away in the Remount department. He was invalided home in 1917, and has been more or less an invalid ever since. He had also served in the South African war with the Tasmanian Contingent. The late Mr. McCrea was given a military funeral at Horsham. He was 76 years of age, and a native of Kerang (Victoria), but came to Tasmania about 40 years ago, with a Welsh cob pony, named Canary, hence the nickname.
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