Colin MCPHERSON

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Service Number:	1028
Enlisted:	12 September 1914, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Benalla, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor

12 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1028, 14th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1028, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1028, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1028, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
8 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1028, 14th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli

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Pte Colin McPherson was killed in action on 8 August 1915 during the 14th Battalion's ill fated attack towards Turkish positions on Hill 971.