MACKEY, John Joseph
| Service Number: | 1587 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mullinvat, Co Kilkenny, Ireland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cook |
| Died: | 15 July 1946, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
North Rocks Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia Section D Area: Row 2 Grave 14 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1587, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1587, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Sydney | |
| 19 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1587 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Next of kin-Mrs B Mackey, Mullinvat, Co Kilkenny, Ireland.
Mullinavat (Irish: Muileann an Bhata, meaning "the Mill of the Stick") is a town in south County Kilkenny, Ireland. The town's name in Irish translates as 'The Mill of the Stick' which, according to local tradition, may refer to a mill which could only be approached by means of a rough stick over the Glendonnel River; today that bridge is located on the main road beside the Garda Barracks.
He was one of a few Australian soldiers from this village.
Enlistment date-14 December 1914
Place of enlistment-Liverpool, New South Wales-Private-4th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A49 Seang Choon on 11 February 1915-he was then 28.
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front
Joined unit at Gallipoli, 2 June 1915.
Admitted to Anzac Clearing Station, 18 August 1915 (bronchitis); embarked for England from Mudros, 24 August 1915, and admitted to University College Hospital, London, 9 September 1915 (dysentery and pleurisy: seriously ill).
Marched out to 1st Training Bn, 6 April 1916.
Marched into No 1 Command Depot, 4 November 1916.
Marched out from No 1 Command Depot to 12th Training Bn, 6 November 1916.
Admitted to No 1 Australian Dermatological Hospital, 10 December 1916; discharged, 3 February 1917; total period of treatment 56 days.
Marched into 12th Training Bn, 3 February 1917.
Proceeded overseas to France, 15 February 1917; joined 4th Bn, in the field, 24 February 1917.
Appointed Lance Corporal, 19 May 1917.
Admitted to 2nd Field Ambulance, 20 May 1917 (pyrexia, unknown origin); transferred to 9th Casualty Clearing Station, 20 May 1917; to Ambulance Train No 26, 28 May 1917; to 11th Stationary Hospital, Rouen, 31 May 1917; to No 2 Convalescent Depot, 31 May 1917; to No 11 Convalescent Depot, 5 June 1917; to Base Depot, 7 August 1917; rejoined unit, in the field, 29 August 1917.
On leave to Paris, 11 November 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 19 November 1917.
Detached to Brigade School of Instruction, 21 December 1917; rejoined unit, 31 January 1918.
On leave to United Kingdom, 1 February 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 18 February 1918.
Wounded in action, 7 March 1918 (gun shot wound, right arm and buttock: severe), and admitted to 1st Australian Field Ambulance; transferred same day to 2nd Casualty Clearing Station; to 7th Canadian General Hospital, Etaples, 17 March 1918; to England, 19 March 1918, and admitted same day to 1st Southern General Hospital, Edgbaston; to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 22 April 1918. Discharged on furlough, 11 May 1918, to report to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 25 May 1918.
Commenced return to Australia, 17 June 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 15 August 1918, for onward travel to Sydney.
Discharged (medically unfit: loss of power and movement, right elbow)), 11 September 1918.
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