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Colin Smith McKELLAR

Regimental number2413
Place of birthPerth, Scotland
SchoolWoodside High School Glasgow, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia22
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBrassmoulder
AddressAllum Street, Bankstown, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, A McKellar, Allum Street, Bankstown, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Boys Brigade. Served in the 6th HLI Territorials as a bugler for 6 years.
Enlistment date14 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit name1st Field Company Engineers, Reinforcement 12
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/20/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT RMS Mooltan on 11 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Field Company Engineers
FateDied of disease 18 June 1918
Place of death or woundingColchester Hospital, England (died of Broncho Pneumonia)
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialColchester Cemetery (Plot T, Row 6, Grave No. 2), Essex
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
24
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alexander and Flora Ann MCKELLAR, Delwood Street, Bankstown, Sydney, New South Wales. Native of Scotland

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