Place of birth | Bangheet Station, Bingara, New South Wales |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Overseer |
Address | Bingara, New South Wales |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs S G McColl, Bangsheet Station, Bingara, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit name | 20th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/37/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 20th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 3722 Pte Archibald Wallace McCOLL, 12th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 20 July 1919; [171] Lt Norman Sutherland McCOLL MM, 20th Bn, returned to Australia, 2 June 1919; 170 Sergeant James Edward Bruce McCOLL, 12th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 1 August 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal Wounded 3 times. After the war he managed Umbercollie Station, Goondiwindi, Queensland, and in 1926 bought Royston Station where in 1935 he formed the Royston Merino Stud. |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 77 |
Place of burial | Goondiwindi Cemetery, Queensland |
Sources | 'Pastoral Review', 20 January 1970, p. 29 |