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Private Bernard McNally

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Given name
Bernard
Family name
McNally
Gender
Male
Service number
6363
Place of enlistment
Lismore, NSW
Conflicts
First World War, 1914–18
Campaign
Somme 1916 - 1917
Somme 1918
Fate
Returned to Australia (RTA)
Fate date
02 March 1919
Additional information
Place of birth
Bellingen, NSW
Occupation
Engine driver
Address given on enlistment documents
Repton
Bellinger River NSW
Marital status
Single
Age at embarkation (years)
32
Next of kin
Elizabeth McNally of Bellingen, NSW (Mother)
Enlistment date
Mon, 8 May 1916
Embarkation details
Departed from Sydney, NSW, on 11 November 1916 on board HMAT A29 "Suevic" (Australian War Memorial Embarkation Roll 23/35/4)
Rank on enlistment
Private
Rank from Nominal Roll
Private
Last held rank
Private
Unit on enlistment
18th Reinforcements 18th Battalion
Unit from Nominal Roll
18th Battalion
Unit at time of death or end of service
18th Battalion
Unit at embarkation
18th Battalion
Service
Australian Army - First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF)
Decorations
British War Medal 1914-20
Victory Medal
Veteran Notes/Bio

Private McNally returned to Australia aboard the transport "Derbyshire", arriving in Melbourne on 17 April 1919. He then proceeded to Sydney where he was discharged form the AIF on 2 June 1919. During his service on the Western Front, he was wounded in action in September 1917 and then gassed in August 1918.

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Recorded by
David Wilson