Hector Archie MACCALLUM

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MACCALLUM, Hector Archie

Service Number:	3187
Enlisted:	14 October 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	55th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mittagong, New South Wales, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Mittagong, Wingecarribee, New South Wales
Schooling:	Mittagong Superior Public School
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 30 September 1918
Cemetery:	Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension, France Plot III, Row H, Grave No. 4
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

14 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3187, 55th Infantry Battalion
11 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 3187, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
11 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 3187, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Hector MacCallum, known as ‘Snowy’ to his family, was the son of Hector and Emma MacCallum and husband of Amy May MacCallum, of Mittagong, New South Wales. He died from the concussion of a shell explosion near Roisel, in France.

His younger brother, 10 Lce. Serjt. Lindsay Stuart MacCallum 3rd Battalion AIF, was killed in action at Pozieres on 24 July 1916, aged 22.

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