MACNEE, Henry Maclachlan
| Service Numbers: | 313, W47617 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 October 1914, Perth, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 2nd (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, 14 February 1887 |
| Home Town: | Preston, Darebin, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Pearler |
| Died: | Natural causes, Nedlands, Western Australia, 1 November 1960, aged 73 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Western Australian Garden of Remembrance |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 313, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Perth, Western Australia | |
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| 8 Feb 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 313, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: '' |
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| 8 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 313, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Fremantle | |
| 16 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 313, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 1 Aug 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 10th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 29 Aug 1915: | Wounded ANZAC / Gallipoli, Bomb wound - scalp & hand | |
| 17 Feb 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant Major, 10th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 19 Apr 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 10th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 12 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 10th Light Horse Regiment |
World War 2 Service
| 25 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Captain, W47617, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA), Broome, Western Australia | |
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| 20 Feb 1946: | Discharged Captain, W47617, 2nd (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
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Distinguished Conduct Medal
'For conspicuous gallantry on the 29th and 30th August, 1915, at Kaiajik Aghala (Hill 60) (Dardanelles), when he displayed the greatest coolness and bravery in heavy hand-to-hand fighting which took place during the operations, until wounded. He retired from the front line for time only sufficient to have his wound dressed, and then at once returned and remained until wounded a second time. He gave a fine exhibition of the highest courage and devotion to duty.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 28
Date: 24 February 1916
D.C.M. WON BY VICTORIAN
In the list of those who have been awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for acts of gallantry and devotion to duty at Gallipoli is Lance-Corporal Harry Macnee of the 10th Light Horse Regiment.
He is a Victorian by birth, his boy hood and early youth having been spent at Northcote. He is a nephew of Cr. C. Mitchell and of Messrs T. and F. H. Mitchell and grandson of Cr. T. Mitchell, one of the pioneers of Northcote.
After working as a clerk In Melbourne he went on the land in West Australia, but subsequently worked among the pearlers at Broome. On one occasion, when out in charge of a boat manned by four divers of mixed races he was caught in a storm. The men desired to
cut away the mast, but, saying that he would not have, the firm's property destroyed, he ordered them to the ropes and with loaded rifle kept them there during the long hours through which the storm raged. Forty-eight hours later he sailed hack into Broome after having been given up as lost.
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