Archibald CAMERON

CAMERON, Archibald

Service Number: 3174
Enlisted: 16 July 1915, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 50th Infantry Battalion
Born: Belair, South Australia, 1896
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Victoria, Australia, cause of death not yet discovered, date not yet discovered
Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
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World War 1 Service

16 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3174, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
14 Sep 1915: Involvement Private, 3174, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
14 Sep 1915: Embarked Private, 3174, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide
1 Mar 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 50th Infantry Battalion
1 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 50th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 10th Battalion
16 Aug 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3174, 50th Infantry Battalion, Admitted with Shell Shock
11 Nov 1918: Involvement Lance Corporal, 3174, 50th Infantry Battalion
27 Apr 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3174, 50th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Grandson of Angus Cameron and Catherine Cameron nee McRae of Sellicks Hill, SA

Returned to Australia on 12 December 1918 aboard HT Nestor

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

In October 1951 Archibald was residing at 17 Richardson Street, East Brunswick, Victoria