Andrew Wallace MCGLASHAN

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MCGLASHAN, Andrew Wallace

Service Numbers:	V246621, VX126652
Enlisted:	14 June 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Bulk Issue Petrol and Oil Depots
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 16 November 1913
Home Town:	Lockwood, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Shearer
Died:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 5 February 1987, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Lockwood Cemetery,Greater Bendigo - Victoria
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World War 2 Service

14 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V246621, Bulk Issue Petrol and Oil Depots
17 Jun 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , V246621, Bulk Issue Petrol and Oil Depots
18 Jun 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX126652
15 Jul 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX126652, Bulk Issue Petrol and Oil Depots, embarked Sydney for Buna on board US Transport 649
16 Sep 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX126652, Bulk Issue Petrol and Oil Depots, embarked Madang for Sydney via Torokina and Bougainville on board Jane Adams
5 Jan 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX126652, Bulk Issue Petrol and Oil Depots, embarked Townsville for Bougainville on board the Shawnee
10 Apr 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX126652, Bulk Issue Petrol and Oil Depots, emplaned Bougainville for Townsville (evacuated Malaria)
17 Oct 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX126652

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Private Andrew Wallace McGlashan (Service No:VX126652) initially served in the ACMF (Private; Service No:V246621) with 53 Bulk Issue Petrol and Oil Depot (BIPOD) from 4 June 1942 to 17 June 1943 when he Dicharged to enlist in the AIF. Private McGlashan served with BIPOD in New Guinea and Bougainville and was evacuated to the mainland on 10 April 1945 where he was hospitalised with Malaria. Private McGlashan was Disccharged on 17 October 1945.

Born in Bendigo, Victoria in 1913, Andrew was second of seven children of Alexander (Alex) McGlashan (b1885 in Lockwood, Victoria) and Agnes Cumming (b1888 in Lockwood, Victoria). Alex was a Farm Hand in 1919 when he and Agnes married in Shelbourne. They lived in Swan Hill and Lockwood, Kangaroo Flat and Marong via Bendigo where they raised their family and Alex was a Farm Hand and Farmer.

Andrew worked in Lockwood as a Farm Hand and Shearer, and following his Discharge from the Army, in 1947 married Gladys Margaret Buntin (b1916 in Elphinstone, Victoria). Andrew and Gladys settled in Lockwood where they raised their family and Andrew worked as a Farm Hand. Andrew died in 1987 and Gladys in 2001.

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