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Albert Leslie McFARLANE

Regimental number2202
SchoolNicholson State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressLower Nicholson, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinMother, Mrs A. McFarlane, Lower Nicholson, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Light Horse, Bairnsdale, for 5 years.
Enlistment date19 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 25 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 20 October 1915
Discharge date1 June 1916
Other details

Enlisted at Bairnsdale, Victoria.

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Taken on strength, 5th Bn, Gallipoli, 5 August 1915.

Wounded in action, 10/11 August 1915 (shrapnel wound); admitted to 3rd Field Ambulance Advanced Dressing Station, 11 August 1915 (compound fracture, foot and arm); transferred to Mudros, 11 August 1915; disembarked Malta from HS 'Valdivia', 20 August 1915, and admitted to St Elmo Hospital, Valetta. Right leg amputated 6" below the knee.

Commenced return to Australia on board 'Kanowna', 5 October 1915; discharged, 1 June 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Date of death2 July 1973
Age at death85
Place of burialBairnsdale War Cemetery, Victoria
SourcesDiary (family possession)

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