MCEWEN, James Craig
| Service Number: | 544 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland. , 1892 |
| Home Town: | Tamworth, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Stewarton Public School, Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Dairy Farmer's Servant |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 18., Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 544, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 544, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 23 and the second son of James and Agnes Walker McEwen, of Newton Dairy, Winchburgh, Linlithgowshire, Scotland.
His siblings were Jessie, Adam, Agnes, David, Andrew and John.
(his father is listed as his next of kin at Ailsa View, Troon, Ayrshire).
Native of Stewarton, Ayrshire. Stewarton (Scots: Stewartoun, Scottish Gaelic: Baile nan Stiùbhartach) is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland.
Twice reported wounded.
He emigrated at the age of 18 years. Enlisted at Tamworth, New South Wales.
He embarked at Sydney on 18 October 1914, arriving at Alexandria on 8 December 1914. On 13 May 1915, he sustained a gunshot wound to his face.
He is remembered on the Abercorn War memorial in the Parish Church, Avington, West Lothian.
The Abercorn War memorial is in the Parish Church, Avington. The dedication service was held on 13th February 1921. The memorial was unveiled by The Marquis of Linlithgow and dedicated by The Rev. J. A. McClymont.
There is also a stained glass window within the church in the south wall installed in 1921 in remembrance of those who died, the craftsman was Dr Douglas Strachan.
His brother, born in 1899, also fell; he was
Private John Mair McEwen, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), also born at Stewarton, Ayrshire
He died on 4 October 1918, age 19, and is buried in Dadizeele New British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
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