MCCULLOCH, William Lindsay
| Service Number: | 955 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 February 1915, An original of C Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia, 20 June 1882 |
| Home Town: | Ultimo, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tram driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 26 July 1916, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Tempe Tram Depot War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 955, 17th Infantry Battalion, An original of C Company | |
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| 12 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 955, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 12 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 955, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
William McCulloch was born at Ulverstone in Tasmania but was living at Ultimo in NSW when he enlisted. He served at Gallipoli for several months from August 1915 until evacuated with gastric problems.
His younger brother 359 Corporal Arthur Julius Stewart McCulloch 12th Battalion was killed in action at Pozieres 23 July 1916, aged 23. Three days later William McCulloch was also killed in action at Pozieres, serving with the 17th Battalion AIF. His body was never recovered, and his name is also listed on the memorial at Villers-Bretonneux. Two other brothers Edgar and Robert McCulloch served with the 35th Battalion for the duration of the war.
Biography contributed by John Oakes
William Lindsay MCCULLOCH (Service Number 955) was born on 20th June 1882 at Ulverstone, Tasmania.
McCulloch first worked for the NSW Tramways as a casual conductor from 13 January 1912. He became permanent later in the year. He was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces on 2nd May 1916. He had already enlisted at Liverpool on 3rd February. At first, he gave his brother as his next of kin, but upon that man’s enlistment the nomination was changed to their sister, living in Devonport, Tasmania.
He was allotted to the 17th Australian Infantry Battalion. McCulloch embarked HMAT ‘Themistocles’ at Sydney on 12th May 1915. After a few weeks training in Egypt he proceeded to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force on Gallipoli on 16th August. His time there was cut short by gastric sickness and catarrh. By the time he had progressed through No. 3 Auxiliary Hospital at Heliopolis and the Australian & New Zealand Convalescent Hospital at Helouan it was December and the Gallipoli Peninsula was being evacuated. McCulloch re-joined his Battalion in Egypt.
In March 1916 he was punished with 96 hours Field Punishment No. 2 for an act prejudicial to good order and military discipline.
In that month he embarked at Alexandria for passage to France and the British Expeditionary Force, passing through Marseilles on 23rd March.
He was killed in action in France between 26th July and 7th August 1916. He was buried in the vicinity of Pozières, but the location was lost. He has no known grave and is remembered on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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