Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
MacGill E Gunner 29809 Edward 119 Howitzer Battery 27 Farmer Single Pres
Address: Essendon, Brewster St, "Braeside"
Next of Kin: MacGill, E H, father, "Braeside" Brewster St, Essendon
Enlisted: 17 Apr 1916
Embarked: A60 Aeneas 3 Oct 1916
Date of Death: 20/09/1917
CWGC: "Son of Edward Howden Macgill and Agnes Isabella Macgill, of "Braeside," Brewster St., Essendon, Victoria, Australia".
MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY
In loving memory of Edward Rowe, died at Polygon Wood Belgium Sept 20 1917 "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course" 2nd Timothy, 4, 7.
In loving memory of Edward MacGill, died at Polygon Wood Belgium Sept 20th 1917. "We are more than Conquerors Through Him that loved us" Romans 8, 37.
Memorial windows in St John's Uniting Church, Essendon. Image by Lenore Frost, 2009. |
DEATHS. MACGILL-ROWE.-On the 20th September, in France, Gunners Eddie Macgill and Eddie Rowe, schoolmates and comrades in arms, in life and death together.
"Lovely and pleasant in their lives and in their death they were not divided."
MACGILL.-Killed in action on the 20th September, in France, Gunner Edward Macgill, A.F.A., beloved elder son of E. and A. Macgill, "Braeside," Essendon, loving brother of Barbara, Muriel and Jack, and loved grandson of Mrs. B. J. Paterson, Moonee Ponds; aged 28
Family Notices. (1917, October 11). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Morning. Retrieved May 25, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74603969 |
St John's Presbyterian Church*
Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours
MACGILL.-In loving memory of Gunner Edward Macgill
(Coogee), of the Australian Field Artillery, killed in action
in France, September 20th, 1917, beloved elder son of
E. and A. Macgill, and loving brother of Barbara, Muris
and Jack. "Braeside," Essendon.
Family Notices. (1918, September 19). The Essendon Gazette
and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee
Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Morning.
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HOWE-MACGILL. In loving memory of my two
friends Gunner E Rowe and F Macgill, killed in
action in France on 20th September, 1917.
(Inserted by W. R. Chamberlain, late A.I.F.)
MACGILL- In fond remembrance of Gnr. E. Mac-
gill (Ned), killed in action Sept. 20, 1917. (V.M.)
Family Notices. (1919, September 20). The Argus
(Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 17.
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