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John Law McLUCKIE

Regimental number55422
Place of birthHamilton, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationClerk
Address13 Florence Street, Armadale, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation34
Height5' 8.25"
Weight178 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs E. McLuckie, 13 Florence Street, Armadale, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date2 April 1918
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th General (Victorian) Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/111/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 17 July 1918
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Battalion
FateDied of disease 17 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records35
Place of burialSutton Veny (St. John) Churchyard (Plot 368, Row E, Grave No. 20), Wiltshire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
47
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Isabella MCLUCKIE, Gray Street, Hamilton, Victoria; husband of E. MCLUCKIE
Other details

War service: England.

Embarked Sydney, 17 July 1918; Admitted to Ship's Hospital, 6 August 1918 (abscess on groin); discharged, 7 August 1918; disembarked, London, England, 27 September 1918; marched into 1st Training Bn, Fovant, 27 September 1918, and allotted to 6th Bn reinforcements.

Died, Sutton Veny Military Hospital, 17 October 1918 (influenza, and pneumonia).

Buried, St John's the Evangelist Cemetery, Sutton Veny, 23 October 1918.

Medal: British War Medal.
SourcesNAA: B2455, McLUCKIE John Law

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