George Francis MCNALL

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MCNALL, George Francis

Service Numbers:	306, 6894
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bourke, New South Wales, Australia, 1879
Home Town:	Enngonia, Bourke, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Pastoralist
Died:	Randwick military Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 26 December 1939, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Plot: Old Everg Fam Shb Gdn G, 0022
Memorials:	Bourke & District War Memorial, Bourke & District War Memorial

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 306
4 Apr 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 306, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901.
23 Jun 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 306, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902.

World War 1 Service

17 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 6894, 8th Infantry Battalion, SS Port Napier, Sydney
17 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 6894, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Napier embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Also served in WW1, Private S.N. 6894, 8th Infantry Battalion, AIF.

When George Francis McNall enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as James McNall, Barringun, NSW. In the original Nominal Roll of the 6th Qld Imperial Bushmen Queensland Defence Force, held by National Archives, it notes his N.O.K. was his father James McNall.

George Francis McNall was born in 1879 at Bourke, New South Wales, a son to James and Sarah McNall. He married May Anderson in 1925 at Hurstville, NSW, and they had 1 child. They resided in the Enngonia and Riverina districts where he pursued pastoral interests owning a number of properties.

When he enlisted again in 1916 for WW1 he noted on his Attestation Form dated 30 Oct 1916 that; he was born at Bourke, NSW, and was 36 years 9 months of age; he was single and a drover; his N.O.K. was his mother Sarah McNall, Barringun; and he had previously served in a Qld Contingent in the Boer War. He was wounded in action in Sep 1917 in Belgium, G.S.W. to head/right eye, and was invalided back to Australia in 1918.

(source AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 515, National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll 6th Qld Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 5; National Archive Australia- WW1 service record; Obituary, The Western Herald, 19 Jan 1940, p. 3).

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