MCCANN, John George
| Service Numbers: | WX19477, WX19477 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 February 1942, 25 Australian Transport Platoon AASC |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 13 November 1908 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Truck Driver |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 19 September 1969, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 2 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, WX19477, 25 Australian Transport Platoon AASC | |
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| 2 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX19477 | |
| 27 Mar 1942: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, WX19477, 25 Australian Transport Platoon ex Fremantle per USAT Monterey | |
| 2 Jun 1945: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, WX19477, 2/96 Transport Platoon embarked Brisbane per Duntroon for Aitape | |
| 7 Dec 1945: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, WX19477, 2/96 Australian Transport Platoon embarked Wewak per Duntroon for Brisbane | |
| 19 Dec 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX19477 | |
| 19 Dec 1945: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, WX19477, 2/96 Australian Transport Platoon | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Private, WX19477 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Jack was the second of three children of Francis McCann (born 1876 in Geraldton, WA) and Ellen Maude Harris (born 1880 in Victoria). Francis, a Storeman, and Ellen married in 1905 at Claremont in Western Australia.
Jack, a Labourer living at Canning in WA married Kathleen Harrington (born 1911 in Claremont, WA) in 1934. They had divorced by February 1942 when Jack enlisted in the Army. He served as a Private (Service No: WX19477) with 2/96 Transport Platoon, 2/5 Transport Platoon AASC, 143 Australian General Transport Coy AASC and the Australian Armoured Regiment AASC. Jacl was hospitalised with Malaria, and was in New Guinea in 1945.
Following his Discharge in December 1945, Jack returned to Perth, WA and in 1946 married Dahne Isabelle Gibb (born 1924 in Kelmscott, WA). The marriage did not last long, and Jack worked as a Labourer, living in Victoria Park and Bentley in perth, WA until his death in 1969.
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