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MCKIERNAN, Bernard
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 247 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Company Quartermaster Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Queenstown, South Australia, 25 May 1887 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | labourer |
| Died: | TB, lung damage, Adelaide South Australia, 3 May 1933, aged 45 years |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: LO, Road: 9N, Site No: 9 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 247, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 247, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 247, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, 247, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, jumped from Prince of Wales B company in first landing | |
| 26 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 247, Mouquet Farm, Gassed " Remaining on duty" | |
| 1 Mar 1918: | Promoted Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement 247, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
| 18 Jan 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, 50th Infantry Battalion, Granted Anzac leave sailed to Australia 19th September. |
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