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MCGILLIVRAY, John Robert
Service Number: | 313 |
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Enlisted: | 22 October 1914 |
Last Rank: | Trooper |
Last Unit: | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
Born: | Not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Bank Manager |
Died: | 14 June 1956, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
Memorials: | Mount Gambier Knight & Cleve Pictorial Honour Rolls, Sydney (ANZ) English, Scottish and Australian Bank Great War Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
22 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 9th Light Horse Regiment | |
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11 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 313, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: '' | |
11 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 313, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne | |
22 Nov 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 313, 9th Light Horse Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Father
419 Regimental Sergeant Major James McIntosh McGillivray 5th South Australia Contingent KIA Boer War South Africa 21 July 1901 age 50.
Brother
312 Trooper James Alexander McGillivray 9th Light Horse Regiment, killed in action 28th August 1915 age 26.
John McGillivray, only 20 years of age, had the sad duty of writing to his mother Sophie and informing her of the death of his brother. John survived the August battles on Gallipoli but was evacuated with enteric fever in late October 1915. Transferred to Egypt, it was decided to send him home to Australia, where he arrived in January 1916. John McGillivray was discharged from the AIF at his own request in November 1916, which is a very rare occurrence, perhaps illness forced his decision or it may have been felt by himself or the AIF that his family had given enough.