MCINNES, Angus Bruce
| Service Number: | 67 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Able Seaman |
| Last Unit: | Victorian Naval Contingent |
| Born: | Inverness Scotland, 18 January 1858 |
| Home Town: | Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Petty Officer |
| Died: | Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, 28 July 1923, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Boxer Rebellion (China) Service
| 30 Jul 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boxer Rebellion Contingent, Able Seaman, 67, Victorian Naval Contingent, SS Salamis |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by B Stanleu
Angus McInes and Johanna McDonald Leslie were the parents of 5 sons who went off to war.
The McInnes family of Williamstown gave five sons to the Great War — three of them together at Fromelles.
Donald (2420, 59th Battalion) – killed in action at Fromelles, 19 July 1916.
Robert (3828, 59th Battalion) – wounded at Fromelles, returned to Australia 1919.
Norman (3407, 59th Battalion) – wounded at Fromelles, returned to Australia 1919.
Alexander (27491, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade) – artilleryman on the Western Front, returned 1919.
Angus Donald Duncan (1143, Royal Australian Navy) – served at sea, survived WW1 and enlisted again in WW2.
The brothers’ service was deeply rooted in a family tradition of military duty. Their father, Angus Bruce McInnes, had himself joined the Royal Navy at an early age, later serving in the Naval Reserve, and was one of the Victorian contingent sent to China during the Boxer Rebellion. He retired as a Chief Petty Officer shortly before his death in 1923.
“Inverness, Scotland, was his birth place, but he had resided in Williamstown for about 30 years and was highly respected… At an early age he joined the Royal Navy and retired a few months ago from the Naval Reserve with the rank of Chief Petty Officer. He was also one of the contingent sent from Victoria to China to the Boxer [Rebellion]. The funeral, which was largely attended, took place on Saturday afternoon. The casket was covered by a Union Jack.”
[[Source: Obituary: Late Mr. Angus B. McInnes. Williamstown Advertiser (Vic. : 1875–1954), 4 August 1923, p. 2. Retrieved 29 Aug 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article270731651]]