We remember Lewis Mcgee

We remember Lewis Mcgee

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Timeline

Timeline

1888
birth Campbell Town, Tasmania Australia Source:8540501 13th May 1888
1916
enlistment Avoca, Tasmania Australia Source:8870891 1st March 1916
1916
service Australian Imperial Force Sergeant 456 40th Australian Infantry Battalion Source:8870891 1st March 1916
1916
employment Farmer Tasmania Australia Source:8973315 1916
1916
location Snow Hill, Avoca, Tasmania Australia Source:8973315 1916
1916
dates Age 27 Source:8870891 1st July 1916
1917
dates Age 29 Source:8870881 12th October 1917
1917
awards Victoria Cross (VC) British Award/Decoration Source:8540500 23rd November 1917
employment Engine Driver Australia Source:8870891
marriage Eileen Rose McGee Source:8870891
1917
death Killed in Action Killed by a shot in the head while attacking a pillbox in Augustus Wood, Passchendaele Passchendaele Ridge Belgium Source:8540501 Source:8540502 Source:8870881 12th October 1917
burial Tyne Cot Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial West-Vlaanderen Belgium XX. D. 1. Source:8870881

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Lewis
Initials L
Last Name Mcgee
Source 8540501
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
Snow Hill, Avoca, Tasmania Australia known 1916
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
Australian Imperial Force 456 40th Australian Infantry Battalion Sergeant
Awards
AwardTypeSource
VC British Award/Decoration
Victoria Cross (VC) British Award/Decoration
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Mary McGee mother
John McGee father
Spouse
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Eileen Rose McGee wife
Religion
DateReligionSource
1916-03-01 Methodist

Media

Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Australian ANZACs from the National Archives of Australia
Victoria Cross Recipients 1854-2006 Transcription Trevor321
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription Anne1202
Australian Imperial Force Embarkation Roll 1914-1918 Transcription Anne1202
Tasmania births 1803-1933 Transcription Celine115478
Australian Imperial Force Nominal Roll 1914-1918 Transcription Celine115478

External Evidence

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The London Gazette - Victoria Cross Trevor321
Profile on Wikipedia. Trevor321
Profile on The Australian War Memorial Trevor321
VCs of the First World War, Passchendaele 1917 by Stephen Snelling Celine115478
Australia Electoral Rolls Transcription Celine115478

Multimedia

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Lewis McGee VC. Trevor321
Sergeant Lewis McGee VC of Ross, Tasmania Anne1202
original grave Ian3310
original grave Ian3310

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