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MCGEACHIN, Hugh McIndoe
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3998 |
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Enlisted: | 14 July 1915, Ballarat, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, 14 September 1894 |
Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Butcher |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 11 April 1917, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
14 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Ballarat, Victoria | |
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23 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3998, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: Surname is incorrectly spelled 'McGleachin' on the original record. | |
23 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3998, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Adelaide |
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"Mr. H. McGeachin, Flinders Street, Townsville, has received the sad news that his nephew, Private Hugh McGeachin, was killed in action on April 11. Private McGeachin was the son of Mr. Robert McGeachin, Ballarat." - from the Cairns Post 30 May 1917 (nla.gov.au)