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MCGUINESS, Albert
Step 1: Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2616 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 September 1916, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 37th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Nyngan, New South Wales, Australia, November 1891 |
| Home Town: | Parkes, Parkes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Parkes School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Brush-maker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Messines Ridge, Belgium, 7 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Parkes & District Cenotaph, Parkes District Roll of Honor, Parkes RSL Roll of Honour, Parkes Remembrance Walk |
Biography
"...2616 Private Albert McGuiness, 37th Battalion, of Parkes, NSW. A brushmaker before enlisting in September 1916, Pte McGuiness left Australia with the 5th Reinforcements in November 1916 and arrived in France for service on the Western Front in April 1917. Pte McGuiness was killed during the 3rd Division's attack on Messines Ridge, Belgium, on 7 June 1917. Aged 25 at the time of his death, Pte McGuiness has no known grave." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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