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Archibald Millar McBride

Informationen zu Geburt

Geburtsdatum:
18/05/1893
Geburtsort:
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

Informationen zum Armeedienst

Land:
New Zealand
Truppe:
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Private
Dienstnummer:
49437
Einberufung datum:
16/02/1917
Einberufung ort:
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Einheiten:
 —  Otago Regiment, 2nd Bn.  (Letzte bekannte Einheit)

Informationen zu Tod

Sterbedatum:
22/01/1918
Sterbeort:
Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Belgien
Todesursache:
Im Kampf gefallen
Alter:
24

Begräbnisplatz

Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood
Grabstelle: I
Reihe: C
Grab: 2

Auszeichnungen und Orden 2

British War Medal
Medaille
Victory Medal
Medaille

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Meine Geschichte

Private Archibald Millar McBride served in the Otago Regiment, 2nd Battalion, part of the New Zealand Division.

In January of 1918 the Otago Regiment was ordered to the front line near Polygon Wood. The left of the line was held by the 8th Company of the 2nd Battalion. It was here that at 1.30 am on the 22nd of January the Germans attempted a raid.

They advanced with approximately 100 men in four parties under cover of a preliminary bombardment. The 2nd Battalion fought them off with bombs, artillery and machine gun barrages. The counter-attack was a success since none of the German parties made it into the trenches and only one managed to pass through the barbed wire.

Private Archibald Millar McBride died in action on the 22nd of January 1918. It is highly possible that he died while partaking in the counter-attack against the German raid. He was buried in Polygon Wood. His remains were exhumed after the war and reinterred at Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood.

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