MCINNES, John George Duncan
| Service Number: | 5736 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 February 1916, Bendigo, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lyal, Victoria, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Lyal, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Myrtle Creek School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Died of Illness, Heilly, France, 31 December 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Heilly Station Cemetery Plot VI, Row H, Grave No. 9, Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sutton Grange War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5736, 6th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic. | |
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| 3 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 5736, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 5736, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Melbourne | |
| 31 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 31 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 5736, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5736 awm_unit: 59th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-12-31 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
An item in The Mount Alexander Mail on 20 April 1916 informed readers that John McInnes was about to leave for the front and that a few of his friends and well-wishers were giving a social and presentation.
Readers also learned that he was a popular young man who had been his mothers' support for many years, but that he felt he could, "no longer allow others to bear his responsibility".
Pte McInnes died of bronchial pneumonia on 31 December 1916 at Mericourt, France, and is remembered on the Redesdale Mechanics' Instutute Honour Roll and the Sutton Grange War Memorial, Vic.
Biography contributed by Robert Wight
Evacuated to 38th CCS at Heilly, France (near Mericourt) where he died 31 December 1916.
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