Regimental number | 3184 |
Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Miner |
Address | Warrandyte, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 25 |
Height | 5' 8.25" |
Weight | 186 lbs |
Next of kin | Aunt, Mrs Margaret Kean, Matlock House, Warrandyte, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 23rd Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/40/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 59th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 17), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 168 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Mother: Mrs Joseph McCULLOCH, 76 Lilian Road, Fordsburg, Johannesburg, South Africa |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Allotted to and proceeded to join 58th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 23 February 1916. Transferred to 59th Bn, 15 March 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 28 June 1916. Reported missing, 19 July 1916. Subsequently confirmed killed in action, 19 July 1916. Handwritten note on Form B103: 'Presume Buried In No Man's Land at approx 5J90.43 to 5K0.2.5.1'. Statement, Red Cross File No 1900609, 1869 Pte W.J.R. WEST, 15th Machine Gun Company (patient, No 2 General Hospital, (Quai), Calais), 30 November 1916: 'I found McCulloch about a month after he was killed in front of V.C. Sap near Fleur Bay (sic) and buried him there. I took his disc and returned same and also his wallet to the O.C. 57th battn.' Second statement, 2795 Pte O.G. DAVIS, 15th Machine Gun Corps (patient, 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, England). 5 January 1917: 'He and W. WEST of the same Battalion, buried a man of the above surname upon whom they found a letter from a Miss Daisy King of Warrandyte at Fromelles. The letter was handed to an Officer in a wallet. The body had been lying out in No Man's land (sic) for three to four weeks.' Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Surname incorrectly recorded on Embarkation Roll as McCULLOCK. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, McCULLOCH Frederick Henry Alex
Red Cross file 1900609 |