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MCPHEE, Wallace
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 30301 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 September 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Sydney New South Wales, Australia, July 1897 |
| Home Town: | Glebe, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Technical High School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Signal Fitter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 7), Belgium , Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glebe Roll of Honor, Glebe War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Sydney Technical High School WW1 Roll Of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 30301, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column | |
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| 9 Nov 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 30301, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 30301, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 4 Aug 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 1st Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 30301, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 30301 awm_unit: 1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
Gnr McPhee was attempting to move to a forward Observation post near Stirling Castle in the direction of Polygon Wood, when he was wounded by shrapnel in the knee. He took cover in a concrete pill box or shell hole.
Extensive witness reports in the NAA Attestation papers.
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