Alexander MCCULLOCH

MCCULLOCH, Alexander

Service Number: 1011
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
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World War 1 Service

24 Jun 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1011, Depot Battalion
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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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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