Archibald Christian NEIL

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NEIL, Archibald Christian

Service Number:	2370
Enlisted:	9 May 1916, Toowoomba, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	41st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Edinburgh, Scotland, 8 February 1893
Home Town:	Goombungee, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	East Toowoomba State School
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 25 June 1917, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Messines Ridge British Cemetery Plot 5, Row D, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Messines, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 41st Battalion Roll of Honour, Goombungee War Memorial, Sandgate Honour Roll, Sandgate War Memorial

World War 1 Service

9 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2370, Toowoomba, Queensland
21 Oct 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2370, 41st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2370, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boonah, Brisbane

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Biography contributed by Aberfoyle Park High School

Archibald Christian Neil was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on the 8th February, 1893. He was raised in Goombungee, Queensland and educated in the East Toowoomba State School.

He enlisted on May 9, 1916 in Toowoomba, Queensland and was transferred to the 41st Infantry Battalion, AIF on May 26, 1917. On October 21st, 1916, he embarked from Brisbane aboard the HMAS Boonah. Archibald was killled in action in the Messines Ridge area in Belgium on June 25th, 1917.

His personal effects were sent to his mother, Jemimah, who died 6 years after her son in 1923.

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