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MCVICAR, John Kenneth
| Service Numbers: | 896, 3093 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 August 1914, Morphettville, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Willowie, South Australia, 2 May 1892 |
| Home Town: | Port Lincoln, Port Lincoln, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Hotel Employee |
| Died: | Port Lincoln, South Australia, Australia, 30 May 1967, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Happy Valley Cemetery, Port Lincoln RSL Section Plot/Grave/Niche: 2 Row: G |
| Memorials: | Port Lincoln & District Honor Roll WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Aug 1914: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 896, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Returned to Australia - 04 Apr 1916 Disharged - 19 Jun 1919 Reason for Discharge - Medicaly unfit, not due to misconduct |
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| 31 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 896, 10th Infantry Battalion, Morphettville, SA | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 896, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 896, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 896, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shattered Femur from shot gun wound. Evacuated from Gallipoli on the first day. | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 896, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gallipoli Landing on the first day. | |
| 9 Mar 1917: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 3093, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 23 June 1917 |
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| 9 Mar 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3093, 43 Infantry Battalion AMF, John re-enlisted following rehabilitation from his shattered femur and being sent back to Australia in July 1916. | |
| 23 Jun 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3093, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Di Barrie
John was born on the 2 May 1892 at Willowie, son of Duncan and Selina (nee Goldsworthy) McVicar, farm manager of Willowie. The family left Willowie in 1898 due to the continuing drought and moved to Pt Lincoln where John had been working as an hotel employee.
John enlisted on the 31 August 1914 in Port Lincoln, one of the first group of young men to enlist from the town. He was 22 years of age, and single and his father Duncan was his next of kin. He embarked from Adelaide on the A11 ‘Ascanius’ on the 20 October 1914 as part of the first convoy, and disembarked in Egypt for training.
With the 10th Battalion he landed on the beach at Gallipoli on the 25 April 1915, and on that first day suffered a shotgun wound to his left femur which shattered his leg. He was shipped out to Alexandria, then to England for treatment, then in July 1916 he was invalided back to Australia for rehabilitation and given a medical discharge.
John re-enlisted on 9 March 1917 with the 43 Battalion 7 Reinforcements with SN 3093 and embarked again from Adelaide on the 23 June 1917 on the HMAT A30 ‘Borda’, disembarking at Plymouth. After training in England, he proceeded to France with the 43 Battalion.
He continued to suffer infections in his left hip because of his old wounds and the crowded and unsanitary conditions of Western Front trench war-fare. At the end of hostilities, he was returned to Australia on the ‘Warwickshire’ arriving on 25 May 1919.
He married and had at least 2 children.
Source: "Diggers From the Dust" by Di Barrie & Andrew Barrie
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