Participant Info

Surname

McGivern

First Name

John

Initial

B M

Service Number

496

Rank

private

Unit Served

B Company, 30th Battalion

Service Record

Egypt, France

Enlistment Date

1915

Enlistment Month

July 18

Embarkation Year

1915

Embarkation Month

November 9

Date of Death

1917

Month of Death

January 29

Death Category

KIA

All Australia Memorial Reference

Australia's Fighting Families chapter, NSW section S, notes page 172, image page 173

Also Known As

Spousal

Spousal Address

Spouse City

Spouse State

Parental Name

James and the late Catherine McGivern

Parental Address

Young Street, Carrington

Parental City

Parental State

NSW

Notes

born at Carrington, Newcastle, May 18, 1897, educated Marist Brothers' School, enlisted June 1915, embarked November 9, 1915. War service: Egypt, France (made the supreme sacrifice at Flers, January 29, 1917.)(His brother, Patrick McGivern, also enlisted