MCCULLOCH, William Burnett
| Service Number: | 1047 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | King Edward's Horse |
| Born: | Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia., 17 March 1889 |
| Home Town: | Balranald, Balranald, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Geelong College, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Pastoralist |
| Died: | Balranald, New South Wales, Australia, 1969, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Geelong College WW1 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Lieutenant, 1047, King Edward's Horse |
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Enlisted as 1047 Private 1st King Edwards Horse
Arrived France 2 June 1915.
A Squadron.
Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant 20 December 1916. 1st King Edwards Horse.
OIC 1st Troop C Squadron November 1918.
Awarded Military Cross.
Military Cross; For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty at Maulde on 9th November, 1918. He covered the advance with his troop with good judgement, sending back useful information, and charging a party of twenty infantry, with his twelve men, he killed three and routed the remainder, shooting the leading man with his revolver.
Geelong College an mentioned in "Geelong Collegians at the Geart War" (James Affleck)