MCKERSIE, William
| Service Number: | 853 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 January 1916, Newcastle, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Carrington, New South Wales , Australia, 24 January 1896 |
| Home Town: | Carrington, Great Lakes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Carrington, New South Wales, Australia, 1 February 1927, aged 31 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW PRESBYTERIAN-8NE. 24. |
| Memorials: | Carrington Connolly Park War Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 853, 34th Infantry Battalion, Newcastle, NSW | |
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| 2 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 853, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 2 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 853, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Nov 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 34th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, GSW to left ankle - slight | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 853, 34th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, GSW to left hand | |
| 5 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 853, 34th Infantry Battalion, GSW to finger, left hand | |
| 17 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 853, 34th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
95 years ago today, on the Wednesday afternoon of the 2nd February 1927, Private William McKersie, 34th Battalion (Reg No-853), labourer (Neath Colliery) and waterside worker from Little Denison Street, Carrington, and 159 Wilson Street, Carrington, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 31. PRESBYTERIAN-8NE. 24.
Born at Little Denison Street, Carrington, New South Wales on the 24th January 1896 to William and Elizabeth Cranson McKersie; husband of Phyllis Feodora McKersie nee Price (married 1925, Cessnock, N.S.W., possibly died as Fedora Phyllis McKersie, 1975, district unknown, 48 years a widow), William enlisted January 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 1.8.1917 (ulcer on neck).
Wounded in action - 29.11.1916 (GSW left ankle or foot), 12.10.1917 (GSW left hand, slight, 1st Battle of Passchendaele), 27.3.1918 (GSW leg), 8.5.1918 (GSW fingers, left hand).
William was invalided home February 1919, being discharged medically unfit on the 17th April 1919.
Mr. McKersie’s name has been inscribed on the Carrington Citizens' Memorial Gates (photos, unveiled on the 23rd February 1924, 258 names inscribed, 40 Fallen), Carrington Municipal District Roll of Honor and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at William’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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