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Archibald Angus McASKILL

Regimental number3651
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationQuarryman
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinFather, Donald McAskill, Newlands, Coburg, Victoria
Enlistment date3 September 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll3 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 29 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Machine Gun Battalion
FateKilled in Action 17 July 1918
Place of burialFranvillers Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 5), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
176
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Donald and Jessie MCASKIL. Native of Coburg, Victoria. Spelt MCASKIL
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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