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Lindsay Gordon McCOLL

Place of birthBangheet Station, Bingara, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationOverseer
AddressBingara, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinWife, Mrs S G McColl, Bangsheet Station, Bingara, New South Wales
Enlistment date17 November 1915
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit name20th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/37/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 11 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll20th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 29 May 1919
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 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 death6 December 1969
Age at death77
Place of burialGoondiwindi Cemetery, Queensland
Sources'Pastoral Review', 20 January 1970, p. 29

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