Ernest William McGann

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Ernest William McGann

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Chiltern, Victoria, Australia
Death: June 02, 1973 (81)
Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Immediate Family:

Son of Matthew Matthias McGann and Mary Ann (Polly) (Matilda) Matilda McGann
Husband of Johanna Dubach (Voegelin)
Father of Joan Wardell; Phylis Clarke; Norma Clarke; Patricia Parker and Betty Smith
Brother of John (Jack) McGann; Matthew McGann; Ellen (Helen) May Moss; Matilda Maud McGann; Charles Sydney McGann and 4 others

Managed by: Pamela Rose Byron
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About Ernest William McGann

Lance Corporal

WILLIAM MCGANN

N386489

Service Australian Army

Date of Birth 4 April 1892

Place of Birth CHILTERN, VIC

Date of Enlistment 1 April 1942

Locality on Enlistment MURRUMBURRAH, NSW

Place of Enlistment HARDEN, NSW

Next of Kin MCGANN, JOHANNA

Date of Discharge 25 September 1945

Posting at Discharge 18 BATTALION VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS PART TIME DUTY

ENGRAVED SHELL HELD AT AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL MADE GERMANY IN DECEMBER 1916

Introduction reads:

Summary: This shell case is associated with William Earnest McGann who was born at Chiltern, Victoria. He was working as an engine-cleaner when he enlisted in the AIF on 16 February 1915 aged 22. McGann received the service number 196 and embarked as a private with A Company, 23 Battalion. Private McGann served on Gallipoli, but was evacuated sick in September 1915. He later returned to duty with 8 Field Company, Engineers in France with the regimental number 4551 and was with that unit when the war ended. He returned to Australia on 19 June 1919.

Copyright: AWM copyright

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Ernest William McGann's Timeline

1892
April 4, 1892
Chiltern, Victoria, Australia
1914
1914
- 1914
Age 21
1918
1918
- 1918
Age 25
Westminster, England (United Kingdom)
1973
June 2, 1973
Age 81
Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
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