David Campbell MACPHERSON

MACPHERSON, David Campbell

    Service Number: 718
    Enlisted: 30 October 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    Born: Lairg, Sutherland, Scotland, United Kingdom, 1876
    Home Town: Perth, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 27 April 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Commemorated on the LONE PINE MEMORIAL at Panel 51, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    30 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 718, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 718, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 718, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
    22 Jan 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    27 Apr 1915: Involvement Lance Corporal, 718, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 718 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-04-27

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of John and Georgina Mary MacPherson of Scotland

    Next of kin given as his brother J.G. MacPherson of Seepwater Station, Wagga, NSW. Later of Redhill, Boorowa, NSW

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

    Lance Corporal MacPherson served with the 16th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force; he formerly served in the 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.

    He emigrated to Australia in 1909.

    He made his home in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales  and he enlisted there.

    He was 34 when killed in action.

    He is remembered [as a Private] on the Lairg War Memorial.

     

     

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