MCGUARR, Richard James
| Service Number: | 3873 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 October 1915, Holsworthy, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Cleveland Street Superior School Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Dairy Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 20 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery Plot III. Row C. Grave 1. Inscription: BELOVED SON & BROTHER HIS DUTY & SACRIFICE WILL ALWAYS BE HONOURED |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3873, Depot Battalion , Holsworthy, New South Wales | |
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| 20 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3873, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3873, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 3 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 19th Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3873, 55th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Caledonian" | |
| 29 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3873, 55th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3873, 55th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3873, 55th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3873, 55th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3873 awm_unit: 55th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-20 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by VWM Australia
Private McGuarr's remains were positively identified with the assistance of the Fromelles Association in 2023 and have been re-interred at the Pheasant Wood Cemetery on 20 July 2023. Previously listed at VC Corner Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Biography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Richard and Elizabeth McGUARR of Lismore, NSW
Statement, 2677 Pte O. HODGSON, 55th Bn (patient, Northants War Hospital, Duston, England), 13 November [1916]: 'Informant states that on July 20/16 at Vermelles (sic) McGuarr was shot in the stomach just over our own front line which was the old German line of trenches. He did not see him afterwards but heard that he had died.'
Second statement, 2677 Pte O. HODGSON, 55th Bn (now patient, 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Darford, England), 8 December 1916: 'Witness states that early in the morning of July 20th he saw the above lying desperately wounded between the German lines and our at Fromelles. He was so badly hit about the body, particularly in the stomach, that he must have died almost immediately after they left him. Witness helped cover him with a coat.'
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