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William McALLAN

Regimental number3109
Place of birthTownsville, Queensland
SchoolRichmond Hill State School, Charters Towers.
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationShearer
AddressAnn Street, Charters Towers, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary McAllan,Ann Street, Charters Towers, Queensland
Enlistment date20 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A50 Itonus on 30 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll48th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 27 April 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialAdelaide Cemetery (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 19), Villers-Bretonneux, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
146
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Mary MCALLAN, Ann Street, Charters Towers, Queensland. Native of Townsville
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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