Regimental number | 1444 |
Place of birth | Bendigo, Victoria |
Other Names | James Thomas |
School | State School, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Driver |
Address | Woodstock-on-Loddon via Bendigo, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 26 |
Height | 5' 9.5" |
Weight | 159 lbs |
Next of kin | J. Magee, Woodstock-on-Loddon via Bendigo, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | St Kilda, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Driver |
Unit name | Field Artillery Brigade 2, Brigade Ammunition Column |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 13/30/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A27 Southern on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Died of influenza and pneumonia. |
Fate | Died of disease |
Place of death or wounding | England |
Age at death | 30 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 30 |
Place of burial | Efford Cemetery (R.C. C. 3616), Plymouth, Devonshire |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 11 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: James and Mary MAGEE. Native of Woodstock (Loddon), Victoria, Australia |
Medals |
Military Medal "During operations at Westhoek on 4/10/17. Enemy shell caused a fire in a dump which rapidly spread owing to high wind - the flames preventing egress from several dug-outs in vicinty. This N.C.O. together with two others, although H.E. shell was in imminent danger of being encircled by the flames, showed great courage and coolness and methodically got the fire under. Had the shell exploded, men in the dug-outs near by would have been buried alive and the Battery position destroyed. This N.C.O. in consequence received slight burns."
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Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Embarked to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 4 April 1915. Taken on strength of Howitzer Battery, Gallipoli Peninsula, 15 July 915. Disembarked Alexandria, 26 December 1915. Transferred to 2nd Field Artillery Bde, Tel el Kebir, 9 February 1916. Attached to 2nd Bde Ammunition Column, 11 February 1916. Admitted to No 2 Australian Stationary Hospital, Tel el Kebir, 19 February 1916 (mumps). Transferred to 4th Australian Divisional Artillery, Tel el Kebir, 27 February 1916. Taken on strength of 21st Howitzer Bde, Tel el Kebir, 6 March 1916, and posted to 101 Battery. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 25 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 1 April 1916. Taken on strength of 1st Field Artillery Bde, 15 May 1916. Promoted Bombardier, 24 February 1917. Promoted Temporary Corporal, 3 July 1917; reverts to the rank of Bombardier, 4 September 1917. Promoted Corporal, 30 September 1917. Promoted Temporary Sergeant, 23 October 1917. Wounded in action, 3 November 1917, and reverts to the rank of Corporal on being evacuated; admitted to No 3 Australian Field Ambulance, 3 November 1917, and transferred to No 17 Casualty Clearing Station the same day (gassed, slight); to No 20 Ambulance Train, 4 November 1917; to No 3 Australian General Hospital, Abbeville, 5 November 1917; to England, 10 November 1917; to No 1 Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, 11 November 1917; discharged to furlough, 30 November 1917; marched into No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 15 December 1917, and classified 'B1A3'. Marched into Overseas Training Bde, Longbridge Deverill, 20 February 1918. Marched into Reserve Bde Australian Artillery, Heytesbury, 1 March 1918. Proceeded overseas to France, 7 March 1918; marched into Australian General Base Depot, Rouelles, 8 March 1918. Proceeded to unit, 13 March 1918; promoted Temporary Sergeant, 12 March 1918; rejoined 1st Field Artillery Bde, 13 March 1918. Promoted Sergeant, 7 May 1918. To No 2 Australian Red Cross, 16 July 1918; rejoined unit, 2 August 1918. Proceeded to England for return to Australia, 13 October 1918; disembarked Southampton, 14 October 1918. Died, No 4 Southern General Hospital, Plymouth, 25 October 1918 (influenza, and pneumonia). Buried, Eggbuckland's Cemetery, 31 October 1918. Medals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, MAGEE Thomas |