MCCULLOCH, Alexander
| Service Number: | 1011 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Nairn, Scotland., 1880 |
| Home Town: | Narrogin, Narrogin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Public School, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery Plot I. Row F. Grave 6 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nairn and District War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1011, Depot Battalion | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1011, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1011, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 35 and a son of William and Marjory McCulloch.
His brother, Corporal William McCulloch-Regimental number 5439, also born in Nairn, served with the 11th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement and returned to Australia 21 June 1919.
Biography contributed by VWM Australia
RE-INTERRED TO FROMELLES PHEASANT WOOD
SON OF WILLIAM AND MARJORY PROUDLY REMEMBERED VI ET ANIMO
VI ET ANIMO is the Latin motto of Clan McCulloch and translates as “By strength and courage”
The nine soldiers were originally recovered from unmarked mass graves adjacent to Pheasant Wood in France in 2009.
They were among 250 unidentified soldiers who fought and died in the 1916 Battle of Fromelles.
Among those now identified is 1011 Private Alexander McCulloch, 32nd Battalion AIF
He is now buried in a marked graves in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery in France., VC Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France
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