John Irwin MCCARTNEY

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Service Number:	440
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	3rd Victorian Bushmans Contingent
Born:	Lake Rowan, Victoria, Australia, 9 September 1877
Home Town:	Lake Rowan, Moira, Victoria
Schooling:	Lake Rowan State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Peechelba Creamery Manager
Died:	Died of wounds (Head Wound), No 38 Stationary Hospital, Rustenburg, North-West Province, South Africa, 31 July 1900, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Rustenburg Cemetery, Rustenburg, Sth Africa (Old Cemetery)
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square), Lake Rowan War Memorial, Yarrawonga Mulwala District Veterans Boer War Honour Roll, Yarrawonga War Memorial

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 440
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 440, Victorian Citizen Bushmen
10 Mar 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 440, 3rd Victorian Bushmans Contingent, Departed Melbourne on "Euryalus"
22 Jul 1900:	Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 440, 3rd Victorian Bushmans Contingent, Relief of Mafeking
31 Jul 1900:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, 440, 3rd Victorian Bushmans Contingent, D.O.W. at Rustenburg Hospital.

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