Regimental number | 3102 |
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Moulder |
Address | 17 Barr Street, Balmain, New South Wales |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 35 |
Height | 5' 3.5" |
Weight | 126 lbs |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs H Malcolm, 17 Barr Street, Balmain, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served in the Scottish Rifles (6 years, time expired); South Africa (11 months). |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 2nd Battalion, 10th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/19/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 54th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of burial | Anzac Cemetery (Plot II, Row J, Grave No. 6), Sailly-Sur-La-Lys), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 159 |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Joined 2nd Bn, Tel el Kebir, 5 February 1916. Transferred to 54th Bn, 14 February 1916; joined 54th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 16 February 1916. Found guilty, 27 April 1916, of being late on Afternoon Parade: awarded 6 days' confined to camp. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Killed in action, 19/20 July 1916. Buried at Sailly-sur-la-Lys Cemetery by Reverend W. M. Holliday, 21 July 1916. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, MALCOLM William |