Regimental number | 3040 |
Place of birth | Nalvime, Goulburn Valley, Victoria |
School | Merrijig State School, Mansfield, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | State school teacher |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 31 |
Height | 5' 6.25" |
Weight | 154 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, D F Cameron, Lochiel, Mansfield, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served (as Lance Corporal) for 7 years in the 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment; left the district. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Acting Corporal |
Unit name | 21st Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/38/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 60th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | *Spelt Ewen Alexander Cameron on NR |
Place of death or wounding | Fleurbaix, France |
Age at death | 32 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 32 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 19), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 169 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Donald and Janet CAMERON, "Lochiel", Mansfield, Victoria. 19 |
Family/military connections | Brother: 3041 Sergeant John Allan CAMERON, Australian Army Pay Corps, returned to Australia, 11 May 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Taken on strength, 60th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916. Promoted Corporal, Ferry Post, 25 March 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Reported Missing, 19 July 1916. Fate subsequently, 18 March 1917, determined as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'. Note on Red Cross File No 671107 'No trace Germany. Cert. by Capt. Mills 10-10-1919.' Statement, 3158 Sergeanr F.H. LAN, 60th Bn (patient, 2nd London General Hospital, Southall, England), 23 October 1916: 'I knew Cameron personally and was with him on July at Fleurbaix. He was wounded in the leg by a bullet in No Man's Land and died that evening. I also saw him dead on the morning of the 20th.' Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Recorded incorrectly on Embarkation Roll as Euren Alexander CAMERON . |
Sources | NAA: B2455, CAMERON Ewen Alexander
Red Cross File No 671107 |