CAMMACK, William
| Service Numbers: | 218, 733 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | New York, Lincolnshire, England, 1879 |
| Home Town: | Oakey, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Townsville State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 20 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot I, Row C, Grave 21 Personal Inscription: JESUS GRANT THAT WE MEET INSERTED BY HIS LOVING WIFE & CHILDREN |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballandean Sons of the Empire, Mosman Methodist Church Great War Roll of Honour, Oakey War Memorial, Stanthorpe Fallen Soldiers HR, Stanthorpe Soldiers Memorial, Townsville West End Methodist Church Roll of Honour |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 218, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 1 Nov 1899: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 218, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 448 notes 1st QMI embarked 1 Nov 1899 aboard Cornwall arriving Cape Town 13 Dec 1899. | |
| 25 Aug 1900: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 218, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier, notes invalided with internal injuries returned to Australia aboard Aberdeen arriving Brisbane 18 Aug 1900, discharge 25 Aug 1900. |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private | |
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| 24 Sep 1914: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 733, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane | |
| 24 Sep 1914: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 733, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: '' | |
| 20 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 733, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Jun 1880 CAMMACK William Horncastle 7a 620
He was 35 and the son of William and Sarah Cammack; husband of Helen Eadie Cammack, of Fletcher Siding, Southern Line, Queensland, Australia.
Age on arrival in Australia 12.
Next of kin Wife, Mrs Helen Eadie Cammack, who was living at Oakey, Queensland when William enlisted.
Previous military service-Served in the first contingent on Special Service in South Africa. South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)- 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry-Service number 218-Private.
Enlistment date-1 September 1914-9th Battalion, F Company.
Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board Transport A5 Omrah on 24 September 1914-he was said to be 35 at the time.
Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Roll Of Honour. Oakey Hero's Death. Private W. Cammack. Killed In Action.- The Darling Downs Gazette, 21 Jun 1915.
News was received in Oakey yesterday of the death of one of Oakey's first volunteers, Private W. Cammack, who has been killed in action at the Dardanelles.
The sad intelligence was conveyed by the Defence Department to Mr. W. L. Ramsey, recruiting agent in the town, and Mr. Ramsey communicated the tidings to the Rev. B. H. Wotherspoon, Presbyterian minister, whose painful duty it was to apprise Mrs. Cammack of the fact that her husband was no more.
Private Cammack was almost the first resident of Oakey to proffer his services to the authorities, and as he had seen services in the Boer War, during which he attained the rank of Lance- Corporal, he was at once enrolled. He was instrumental in inaugurating the Oakey Patriotic Fund, by convening a meeting of citizens towards the end of last year, and at the meeting he was elected secretary of the fund. In numerous other ways he envinced his ardent patriotism, and by his enthusiasm encouraged a great number of young men to volunteer. He occupied in Oakey the position of resident agent for the International Harvester Company, and always took a prominent part in the town's affairs.
He leaves a widow and five young children, to whom the sumpathy of all goes out in their loss, the sense of which can only be softened by the knowledge that their husband and father died nobly in the service of his King and country.
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