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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
Ernest William McGann's Timeline
1892 |
April 4, 1892
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Chiltern, Victoria, Australia
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1914 |
1914
- 1914
Age 21
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1918 |
1918
- 1918
Age 25
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Westminster, England (United Kingdom)
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1973 |
June 2, 1973
Age 81
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Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
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