Stuart Gordon MACPHERSON

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MACPHERSON, Stuart Gordon

Service Number:	5708
Enlisted:	17 January 1916
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	St James, Victoria, Australia, September 1891
Home Town:	Tooraweenah, Gilgandra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Berri Public School
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in action, Belgium, 9 November 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tooraweenah War Memorial, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

World War 1 Service

17 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5708, 3rd Infantry Battalion
3 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 5708, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
3 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 5708, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney
9 Nov 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 5708, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5708 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-11-09

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

His Brothers: 1910 Pte Lindsay John MacPherson, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, died of wounds, 16 April 1917; 4857 Pte Stanley Douglas MacPherson, 56th Battalion AIF, returned to Australia, 2 June 1919. 3129 Private Archibald McLeod MacPherson 6th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia 16 March 1919.

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