Armstrong Poliah MACVEAN (MCVEAN)

MACVEAN (MCVEAN), Armstrong Poliah

    Service Number: 5424
    Enlisted: 15 January 1916, Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Second Corporal
    Last Unit: 2nd Field Company Engineers
    Born: Poliah, Victoria, 2 March 1872
    Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
    Schooling: Melbourne Scotch College
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Natural causes, Caulfield, Victoria, 5 December 1930, aged 58 years
    Cemetery: St Kilda Cemetery, Victoria
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    World War 1 Service

    15 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5424, 7th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria
    4 Apr 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5424, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    4 Apr 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5424, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
    3 Dec 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 5424, 2nd Field Company Engineers

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    Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

    Note: The spelling of Family Name and the Second Given Name of this serviceman were incorrectly transcribed on the Embarkation Roll. The correct Family Name is MacVEAN and the second Given Name is Poliah as Attested in the official Service Record. The record on this Memorial has been amended to accord with the Service Record. Virtual War Memorial Chief Moderator, August 2017.

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