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MACNAB, John Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3592 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, April 1897 |
| Home Town: | Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 24 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Williamstown Pictorial Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 14 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3592, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 5 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3592, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3592, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Melbourne | |
| 24 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3592, 15th Machine Gun Company, Polygon Wood, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3592 awm_unit: 15th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-24 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...3592 Private John Charles MacNab, 22nd Battalion, of Williamstown, Vic... Pte McNab enlisted on 6 July 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Afric on 5 January 1916. He was killed in action on 24 September 1917 at Polygon Wood in the Menin Road area of Belgium while serving with the 5th Machine Gun Battalion." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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