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Archibald McKELLAR

Regimental number367
Place of birthAberfoyle, Perthshire, Scotland
SchoolAberfoyle State School, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia17
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressCooroy, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinMother, Mrs Margaret McKellar, Cole's Creek, Cooroy, Queensland
Enlistment date27 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameMachine Gun Company 11, Reinforcement 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number24/16/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 20 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Machine Gun Battalion
FateKilled in Action 29 September 1918
Place of death or woundingBellicourt, France in 1918
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialBellicourt British Cemetery (Plot IV, row Q, Grave No. 4), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
176
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Margaret MCKELLAR, Cooran, Queensland. Native of Perthshire, Scotland

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