The Brown Tree » William Houston MCNEICE (1896-1976)

Personal data William Houston MCNEICE 

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  • He was born on March 17, 1896 in Newtown, New South Wales, Australia.
  • (After the War) on July 4, 1919 in NSW Australia.
  • (en France) in the year 1918 in France: Owner of Monflieres Chateau where Australian troops are billeted, Madame Longy displays a sporting spirit and sense of humour by wearing an AIF uniform. Identified at the right rear is: 20273 Sapper (Spr) William Houston McNeice, 1st Field Company Enginee.
  • (Studio Portrait) September 1917 in Sydney NSW Australia: Spr. W.H. McNeice, 1st Field Company Engineers, Cronulla, NSW. Au..
  • (Enlistment) on July 29, 1917 in Australia: AIF Sapper 20273.
  • (Embarkation) on November 21, 1917 in HMAT Nestor, Melbourne: He embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Nestor on 21 November 1917. He returned to Australia on 4 July 1919..
  • He died on October 29, 1976 in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, he was 80 years old.
  • A child of Richard Houston MCNEICE and Catherine Ellen COPE

Household of William Houston MCNEICE

He is married to Ellen "Nell" Ursula McCleary.

They got married on September 25, 1917 at Condobolin, New South Wales, he was 21 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Ian Grant McNeice  1924-1959


Notes about William Houston MCNEICE


Owner of Monflieres Chateau where Australian troops are billeted, Madame Longy displays a sporting spirit and sense of humour by wearing an AIF uniform.
Identified at the right rear is: 20273 Sapper (Spr) William Houston McNeice, 1st Field Company Engineers, of Cronulla, NSW. Prior to enlisting with the AIF on 29 July 1917 Spr McNeice served with the 39th Infantry, Citizens Military Forces. He embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Nestor on 21 November 1917. He returned to Australia on 4 July 1919.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Houston MCNEICE

Henry MCNEICE
± 1830-1916

William Houston MCNEICE
1896-1976

1917

Ellen "Nell" Ursula McCleary
1891-1959

Ian Grant McNeice
1924-1959

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    Historical events

    Birthday March 17, 1896

    • The temperature on March 17, 1896 was about 7.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • January 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
      • April 6 » In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
      • May 18 » Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
      • May 27 » The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10-million in damage.
      • June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
      • July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

    Day of marriage September 25, 1917

    • The temperature on September 25, 1917 was between 9.8 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
      • January 11 » The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
      • January 17 » The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
      • March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
      • April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
      • September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
      • December 9 » World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem, Palestine.

    Day of death October 29, 1976

    • The temperature on October 29, 1976 was between 6.0 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1976: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
      • January 4 » The Troubles: The Ulster Volunteer Force shoots dead six Irish Catholic civilians in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The next day, gunmen would shoot dead ten Protestant civilians nearby in retaliation.
      • January 5 » The Khmer Rouge proclaim the Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea.
      • February 19 » Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald Ford's Proclamation 4417.
      • July 17 » East Timor is annexed, and becomes the 27th province of Indonesia.
      • July 21 » Christopher Ewart-Biggs, the British ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, is assassinated by the Provisional IRA.
      • September 11 » A bomb planted by a Croatian terrorist, Zvonko Bušić, is found at New York's Grand Central Terminal; one NYPD officer is killed trying to defuse it.
    

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