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Harry McCABE

Regimental number233
Place of birthKingston, Co Dublin, Ireland
SchoolChristian Brothers School (Catholic)
Age on arrival in Australia18
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationHospital wardsman
AddressQueenstown, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation31
Height5' 9"
Weight151 lbs
Next of kinSister, Mrs S Kennedy, Cumberland Street, Kingstown, Dublin, Ireland
Previous military serviceBritish Navy.
Enlistment date20 August 1914
Place of enlistmentPontville, Tasmania
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Field Ambulance, C Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number26/46/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A13 Katuna on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Field Ambulance
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularTuberculosis contracted in Cairo, died in Melbourne, Australia.
FateReturned to Australia 3 February 1915
Date of death14 March 1915
Age at death32
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialCoburg Cemetery, Victoria
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
183
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Garden of Remembrance, Hobart, TAS.
Other details

War service: Egypt

Transferred to Alexandria Hospital, 10 December 1914.

Commenced return to Australia from Cairo on board HT 'Kyarra', 3 February 1915; disembarked Melbourne, 11 March 1915.

Died of tuberculosis and pulmonary haemorrhage at Police Hospital (Australian Army Medical Corps Base Hospital), St Kilda, Melbourne, 13 March 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, McCABE Harry

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