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Finlay McPHEE

Regimental number3989
Place of birthUlmarra, New South Wales
SchoolColdstream Public School, Grafton High School, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationSchool teacher
AddressBrushgrove, Clarence River, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Height5' 4.5"
Weight164 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs G McPhee, Brushgrove, Clarence River, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date14 August 1915
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 30 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 3 May 1917
Place of death or woundingBullecourt, France
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block P, Plot II, Row J, Grave No. 5A), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
37
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Angus and Ellen McPHEE, Brushgrove, New South Wales. Native of Coldstream, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsCousin: 6657 Pte Roy Carlisle LATTIMORE, 26th Bn, died of wounds, 12 August 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Proceeded from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 29 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, 4 April 1916. Taken on strength, 3rd Bn, 25 May 1916.

Wounded in action, France, 23 July 1916 (gun shot wounds, legs), and admitted to 3rd Casualty Clearing Station; transferred by No 27 Ambulance Train to 23rd General Hospital, Etaples, 24 July 1916; to England, 27 July 1916, and admitted to Norfolk War Hospital, Norwich; to 2nd Auxiliary Hospital, Southall, 11 November 1916; discharged to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 14 November 1916. Marched in to No 1 Command Depot, Tidworth, 27 December 1916, and granted furlough. Admitted to Military Hospital, Tidworth, 18 January 1917 (mumps). Proceeded overseas to France, 15 February 1917; rejoined unit, 14 March 1917.

Wounded in action, 4 May 1917 (bomb wound, right arm and legs); admitted to 1st Australian General Hospital, Rouen, 6 May 1917; died of wounds, 13 May 1917 (right leg amputated).

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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