MCLURE, John
| Service Number: | 7279 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 November 1916, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Yea, Victoria, Australia, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Yea, Murrindindi, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Boulogne, France, 30 September 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France, Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension, Roisel, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Yea War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7279, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 19 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 7279, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 7279, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne | |
| 15 Sep 1917: | Transferred Private, 23rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7279, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, Shrapnel wound (left shoulder) | |
| 7 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7279, 23rd Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", GSW (right shoulder and chest - fatal) | |
| 30 Sep 1918: | Involvement Private, 7279, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 7279 awm_unit: 23 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-09-30 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sarah McLure
John was the tenth of twelve known children born to Farquhar and Mary McLure. The family was well known in the Yea - Murrindindi area.
John did not marry or have any children but did have 36 known nieces and nephews. John is remembered by a great-great-nephew in this project.
Biography contributed by Val Sparnaay
Yea Chronicle Thursday 17 October 1918, page 2
Thanks MR. and Mrs. F. McLURE and Family desire to convey their sincere THANKS for letters of condolence and ex-pressions of sympathy received by them from their many friends on the news be-coming known of the death of their be-loved son and brother, Private J. McLure, in France, from wounds received on the battlefield.
Yea Chronicle Thursday 10 October 1918, page 2 On Active Service.
McLURE. -Private J. McLure, beloved son of F. and M. McLure, died of wounds in France, on 30th September, 1913. R.I.P. Somewhere in France he is lying. He answered his country's call. He died an Australian hero, The finest death of all
Yea Chronicle Thursday 10 October 1918, page 2
Soldier's Death Word was received on Saturday that Private J. McLure had died in France on the 30th September, from gunshot wounds in the right shoulder received on the battlefield on the 5th September. The flags at the Shire Hall and business places, etc., were immediately lowered to half-mast on the sad news becoming known. Private McLure is a son of Mr and Mrs. F. McLure, of Murrindindi
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