MCCANN, George
| Service Number: | 4848 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Stockton, New South Wales, Australia, 26 February 1893 |
| Home Town: | Pyrmont, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Hit by shell, Fromelles, France, 20 July 1916, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Anzac Cemetery, Sailly-sur-la-Lys Plot I, Row G, Grave No. 7 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4848, 56th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 8 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4848, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4848, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney | |
| 20 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 4848, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4848 awm_unit: 56th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-20 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 56th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Let us remember a Fallen soldier of The Great War awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the 20th July 1916, Private George McCann, 56th Battalion (Reg No-4848), labourer from 20 Pyrmont Street, Pyrmont, New South Wales, was Killed in Action by an enemy artillery shell during the Battle of Fromelles, age 23.
No Roll of Honour circular summited.
Born at Stockton, New South Wales on the 26th February 1893 to John (died 8.8.1913, Stockton, N.S.W., age 48) and Lorenza S McCann (remarried to Frederick Southcombe 1916, Sydney, N.S.W., Lorenza died 4.4.1919, Sydney, N.S.W., sleeping here, George enlisted on the 29th November 1915 with the 4th Battalion at Casula, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A15 Star of England on the 8th March 1916.
Disembarked Marseilles, France 29.6.1916.
3 weeks in the field.
Posted as Missing 20.7.1916.
George is resting at Anzac Cemetery, Sailly-sur-la-Lys, France. Plot I Row G Grave 7.
Place of Association - Warwick Farm, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
I have not located Mr. McCann’s name inscribed on any known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
Unfortunately, there is no headstone, therefore no memorial inscription at the gravesite of the McCann family to tell us of the loss of their son during The Great War, and I am unable to erect a Memorial cross, so I have placed poppies in remembrance of George’s service and supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country. PRESBYTERIAN-21SE. 96.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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