MUIR, Allan Harvey
| Service Number: | 2197 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland , August 1889 |
| Home Town: | Pelaw Main, Cessnock, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Pelaw Main Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Adamstown, New South Wales, Australia, 21 January 1945, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 2 (PRIMITIVE) 22 NW. 28. |
| Memorials: | Pelaw Main Public School Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 17 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2197, 36th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 24 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2197, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2197, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney | |
| 10 Nov 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 36th Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Jan 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 36th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 2197, 36th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, GSW to Left Hand | |
| 13 Jun 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 33rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 22 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 2197, 33rd Infantry Battalion, GSW left thigh, compound fractured femur, severe (GSW to left eye?) | |
| 18 Mar 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2197, 33rd Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD - due to wounding |
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From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting peacefully but anonymously at Sandgate Cemetery.
76 years ago today, on the Tuesday afternoon of the 23rd January 1945, Corporal Allan Harvey Muir, 33rd Battalion (Reg No-2197), miner and labourer from Pelaw Main, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 55. METHODIST 2 (PRIMITIVE) 22 NW. 28.
Passed away suddenly on the 21st January 1945 at 97 Teralba Road, Adamstown, N.S.W., the home of Lizzie and Cecil Victor Stanley Holt, 17th Battalion (Reg No-7143, died 12.5.1989).
Born at Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland about 1890 to Robert and Marion Muir nee Harvey, Allen enlisted May 1916 with the 36th Battalion at Pelaw Main, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 12.4.1918 (GSW left hand), 22.8.1918 (GSW left thigh, compound fractured femur, severe further report of wounding, GSW left eye?), Allen was invalided home May 1919, being discharged on the 28th March 1920.
Mr Muir’s name has been inscribed on the Pelaw Main Public School and Citizens Roll of Honour Gates (unveiled on the 24th November 1917 - 113 names now inscribed, 21 Fallen).
I located Allen resting in an unmarked grave, another Forgotten Digger of The Great War, so October 2020 I placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
An application for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip submitted December 2020. Decision still pending.
Service record states “Died 21/1/45 at Adamstown. Public Trustee, N.S.W.”
Lest We Forget.
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