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Lindsay MACKRELL

Regimental number237
Place of birthEuroa Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressStrathbogie via Euroa, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinFather, Robert Mackrell, Strathbogie via Euroa, Victoria
Enlistment date5 April 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll29 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameMachine Gun Company 6, Reinforcement 2
AWM Embarkation Roll number24/11/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 4 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Machine Gun Battalion
FateKilled in Action 24 September 1917
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialNew Irish Farm Cemetery (Plot XXXV, Row B, Grave No. 21), St. Jean-Les-Ypres, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
178
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Alice MACKRELL. Native of Strathbogie, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 662 Pte Thomas MACKRELL, 24th Bn, killed in action, 29 July 1916.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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