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MCWATERS, Fletcher Barndon
| Service Number: | 7536 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 June 1917, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Broken Hill, New South Wales, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Orchardist |
| Died: | Norwood, South Australia, 8 January 1975, cause of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia cremated in January & ashes removed in March 1975. |
| Memorials: | Curlwaa Honor Roll WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jun 1917: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 7536, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' |
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| 5 Jun 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| 4 Aug 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7536, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 1 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1 |
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Born
SA Birth Record
Father James Henry McWaters and Mother Mary Ann (nee MILLER)
living at Curlwaa, near Wentworth, River Darling, New South Wales.
Next of kin in service:
Brother
3542 Private Henry Hartley McWaters
Born: 3/8/1896
16/1/1915 Enlisted in Wentworth, NSW
11/10/1915 Embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A71 Nestor
as a Private in 5th Infantry Battalion, 11th reinforcements
killed in action
Sister:
Nurse Lily Victoria McWaters
Born: 22/9/1888 Leighton, near Burra, SA
9/5/1917 enlisted
30/6/1917 embarked from Port Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Somali
as a Staff Nurse in the Australian Army Nursing Service
Sister at Salonika
11/2/1919 Returned to Melbourne, Victoria
m. 18/8/1920 to F. Clifford Humphris
Cousins
719 Private Hugh Everett MILLER
17/2/1916 Enlisted in Adelaide, South Australia
9/6/1916 Embarked from Outer Harbour, Port Adelaide, on board HMAT A19 Afric
as a Private with 11th Infantry Brigade, 43rd Infantry Battalion, D Company,
for France
1/9/1918 killed in action near Perrone, France (23 years old)
buried in: Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, France
Plot 23, Row K
4224 Private James Hartley Thomas MILLER
enlisted in 10th Battalion,
embarked from Adelaide on 11/1/1916 aboard HMAT Borda for Egypt
where he was transferred to the 50th Battalion
10/6/1917 killed in action near Messines, Belgium (34 years)
buried in: no known grave
he is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
Privates J Albert Thomas POTTER (Killed in action)
Private William E POTTER (killed in action)
Private H C POTTER (killed in action)
Private W E Smith (killed in action)
first Private to fall in the BOER WAR
Described on enlisting as 18 years 8 months old; single; 5' 2 1/2" tall; 147 lbs;
fresh complexion; brown eyes; black hair; Methodist
5/6/1917 Enlisted in Melbourne, Victoria
9/7/1917 Commanding Officer appointed Fletcher to 25th reinforcements,
7th Battalion, Broadmeadows Camp
4/8/1917 Embarked from Port Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Thermistocles
as a Private in 7th Infantry Battalion, 25th reinforcements
2/10/1917 disembarked into Glasgow
3/10/1917 sick with Mumps - admitted to hospital
12/2/1918 proceeded overseas to France, ex Southampton, England
18/2/1918 taken on strength into 7th Infantry Battalion, France
14/4/1918 Wounded in action
admitted to No.26 General Hospital, France
9/8/1918 Wounded in action, France (2nd occurrence)
21/12/1918 Returned to Australia on board Mamarie
1/4/1919 Discharged from service in AIF (#103047)
Medals:
British War medal (67713) and Victory medal (65073)
Last lived at Norwood, South Australia.
8/1/1975 Henry passed away
cremated in: Centennial Park Cemetery
** his ashes were removed in March 1975
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 23/4/2015. Lest we forget.