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MACALISTER, Ian Gordon
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 808 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glasgow, Scotland, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Cremorne, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Plantation Overseer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 30 April 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 21, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 31 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 808, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 808, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 808, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 1 Jan 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney | |
| 30 Apr 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 808, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 808 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-04-30 | |
| 5 Aug 1915: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, ANZAC / Gallipoli, For conspicuous gallantry and valuable service by rallying and leading his troops in an advance between 25 April 1915 and 30 April 1915 London Gazette, second Supplement, No. 29251 on 5 August 1915; Commonwealth Gazette, No. 133 on 28 October 1915. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was Reginald Street, Cremorne, NSW
Next of kin given as his sister Mrs I.I. Macaskill of 54 Pemberton Gardens, Hampstead, London, England
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal