MCCANCH, Peter
| Service Number: | 3086 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 16 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool. |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Workington, England, 23 May 1890 |
| Home Town: | Werris Creek, Liverpool Plains, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Locomotive Depot Employee |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 15 May 1917, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3086, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool. | |
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| 8 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3086, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3086, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Sydney | |
| 15 May 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 3086, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3086 awm_unit: 56th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-05-15 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Peter MCCANCH (Service Number 3086) was born on 23rd May 1890 at Workinglow, England. He had served an apprenticeship, probably in England, and was already a tradesman boilermaker when he commenced temporary employment with the NSW Government Railways at the Locomotive Depot at Werris Creek on 3rd July 1914. Ten days later he transferred to Eveleigh but was back at Werris Creek in August.
On 10th July 1915 he joined the Expeditionary Forces.McCanch enlisted at Liverpool on 16th July 1915. He gave his father, still living in Workinglow, as his next of kin.
He was allotted to the 10th Reinforcements to the 4th Battalion. He embarked HMAT ‘Warilda’ on 8th October 1915 and joined the Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt on 21st January 1916. In February he was transferred to the 56th Battalion and, after further training, embarked HT ‘Huntsend’ at Alexandria on 19th June for passage to Marseilles from where he went to the Western Front in France.
By the end of 1916 McCanch had been promoted to Lance Corporal.
He was killed in action on 15th May 1917 in France. He has no known grave. He is remembered on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.