Frederick/ Fredrick McMahon

Submitted by Mt Kembla Minin... on Sun, 17/01/2016 - 13:39

First Name:

Frederick/ Fredrick

Last Name:

McMahon

Mother's Name:

Mary Mcmahon nee McGeary

Father's Name:

Patrick McMahon

Date Enlisted:

Wednesday, December 1, 1915

Rank at Enlistment:

Private

Rank at Discharge:

Private

Unit:

45th Battalion

Service:

Infantry

Awards:

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Date of Death:

Thursday, June 7, 1917

Place of Death:

Messines, Belgium

Cause of Death:

Killed in action

Details:

Frederick/ Fredrick McMahon (Service No 4501) was born in Fairy Meadow, N.S.W. around 1887.

At enlistment, Fred was 27 years old, single, employed as a coal miner, and lived at Balgownie, N.S.W. Fred had served 6 months with the St George Rifles.

He embarked from Sydney on HMAT A71 Nestor with 11th Reinforcements, 18th Battalion on 9th April 1916.

On 4th July 1916 he was admitted to hospital in England however there are no details and no discharge date on Fred's war records.

On 29th October 1916 Fred joined the 45th Battalion in France as a Lewis gunner and saw service on the Western Front.

On 7th June 1917 he was at the battle of Messines Ridge when he was killed in action. Again, Fred's war records have no details relating to his death.

There is no known grave for Fred; he is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial at Ypres, Belgium, and on the Balgownie War Memorial.

Fred's brother Private Patrick McMahon (Service No 158) also served.

Sources:

NAA: B2455, MCMAHON F