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MCCOY, James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 439 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 April 1916, Enlisted, Brisbane, Qld |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Qld, 23 May 1898 |
| Home Town: | Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Brisbane, Qld, 10 June 1921, aged 23 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland (CWGC, & DVA) Official Commemorations - Grave Location: 7-59-3/4, Portion 7/Section 59/Grave 3; buried with: Barnabus & Ellen McCoy; also, Mary Agnes, Anne & Hugh McCoy. |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 439, 11th Depot Battalion | |
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| 18 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 439, 11th Depot Battalion, Enlisted, Brisbane, Qld | |
| 20 Jun 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Machine Gun Company | |
| 20 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 439, 12th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 439, 12th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 7 Jan 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Machine Gun Company | |
| 9 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, Transfer - "New Designation", 5th Mach. Gun. Bn. (Auth)AIF Order ... 1151. (NAA, Pg-6) Service Record of Private: James McCOY, SN 439. | |
| 31 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 439, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, Medical - Discharge: 31/07/1919, 1st Medical District, Brisbane, Qld; upon dates previously advised, admitted: 20/10/1917 (GSW-arm), 1st London Gen Hosp; also admitted, 26/03/1918 (GSW-back), Croyden War Hosp, Eng. N.O.K advised, 19/11/1917, & 08/04/1918. (NAA, Pg-40) Service Record of Private: James McCOY, SN 439. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of Barnabus McCOY & Ellen (nee-HANLEY) McCOY.