Malcolm James MCWATT

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MCWATT, Malcolm James

Service Number:	1093
Enlisted:	2 October 1914, An original of F Company
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Walhalla, Victoria, Australia, 10 September 1881
Home Town:	Abbotsford, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engine driver
Died:	Died of wounds, Gallipoli, 10 May 1915, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Helles Memorial, Cape Helles, Gallipoli
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Williamstown Pictorial Honour Board

World War 1 Service

2 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1093, 8th Infantry Battalion, An original of F Company
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 1093, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 1093, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Malcolm James McWatt was mortally wounded during the attack by the 2nd Brigade at Krithia, Cape Helles on the 8 May 1915. He died from a gun shot wound to the chest, in the 88th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps on the 10 May 1915. This was at W Beach at Cape Helles.

He was 33 years of age at the time and left a wife and four children under the age of nine in Abbortsford Victoria. He must have spent a fair bit of his life in Tasmania as his wife and children returned to Tassie soon after his death. He is remembered on the Glenora Soldiers Colonnade in Tasmania.

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