MCLARTY, George
| Service Number: | 5386 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | Tunnelling Companies |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1878 |
| Home Town: | Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | State School, McArthur Street, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Cooper |
| Died: | Pneumonia, Chester War Hospital, Cheshire, England , 4 November 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Chester (Overleigh) Cemetery, Cheshire, England |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bunbury War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Sep 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 5386, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Sep 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 5386, Mining Corps, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne | |
| 30 Sep 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 5386, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 5386, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne | |
| 4 Nov 1918: | Involvement Sapper, 5386, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5386 awm_unit: 1st Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1918-11-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 4th November…… George Matheson McLarty was born at Ballarat, Victoria in 1878.
He married Daisy Helen McIntosh in Perth, Western Australia in 1905.
On 14th March, 1916 George McLarty enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) as a 34 year old, married, Cooper from 236 St. George’s Terrace, Perth, Western Australia.
He was posted to 53rd Depot Battalion on 14th March, 1916 for recruit training as Private then was transferred to Engineer Reinforcements as Sapper on 16th March, 1916. Sapper McLarty was transferred to Tunnelling Corps on 19th June, 1916 then transferred to Miners Reinforcements at Seymour on 1st July, 1916.
Sapper George McLarty, Service number 5386, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Suffolk (A23) on 30th September, 1916 with the Tunnelling Companies, September, 1916 Reinforcements & disembarked at Plymouth, England on 2 December, 1916.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
On 1st January, 1917 Sapper McLarty proceeded overseas to France on SS Arundel from Tunnelling Reinforcements at Perham Downs, Wiltshire, England. He was marched in to A.G.B.D. (Australian General Base Depot) in France on 2nd January, 1917.
He was attached to 1st Anzac Entrenching Battalion on 18th January, 1917 & was taken on strength of 1st Tunnelling Company from Tunnelling Reinforcements on 1st February, 1918. Sapper McLarty proceeded to join 1st Australian Tunnelling Company on 12th March, 1917 & was attached to 1st Australian Tunnelling Company in the Field on 14th March, 1917 from 1st Anzac Entrenching Battalion.
Sapper George McLarty was wounded in action on 29th September, 1918. He was admitted to 12th Casualty Clearing Station on 29th September, 1918 gassed (classed as wounded) then transferred to Ambulance Train 19 on the same day. Sapper McLarty was admitted to 6th General Hospital at Rouen, France on 30th September, 1918. He was invalided to England from Rouen on 2nd October, 1918 having been wounded - gassed.
He was admitted to Chester War Hospital on 4th October, 1918 suffering from effects of being Gassed.
Sapper George McLarty died 16.30 hrs on 4th November, 1918 at Chester War Hospital, Cheshire, England from Pneumonia.
He was buried in Overleigh Cemetery, Chester, Cheshire, England.
***The CWGC headstone originally had the incorrect date of 3rd November, 1918 but after receiving advice & proof of death the headstone now has the correct date of death of 4th November, 1918.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/chester.html
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