MACWILLSON, Kenneth Price
| Service Number: | 377 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Staffordshire, England, 21 April 1877 |
| Home Town: | North Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Auctioneer/Agent |
| Died: | War service related (head injury, Myocardial degeneration, bouts of Malaria), 27 Church Street, Bishops Castle, Shropshire, 5 April 1932, aged 54 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 377, 6th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 377, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 377, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 377, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Wounded ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (shrapnel fracturing base of skull, concussion, loss of sight in right eye) | |
| 18 Mar 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6th Infantry Battalion, Discharged in England, medically unfit for further service |
My Grandfather
My Grandfather died 11 years before I was born.
I have found several discrepancies in the spellings of my Grand - dad's name across his Service Records and and marriage and deaths certificate and it also seems his age was hard to pinpoint. That's only one interesting fact found on Grand-dad.
His record states he was born near Litchfield, Staffordshire (England) and I believe was christened at the Cathedral there. However despite significant investigations by myself and a cousin we can find no authentication. We know that the family was originally from Ireland and so we now think that this was where Grand- dad was born, then probably settled in the UK before emigrating to Australia around 1883 to become sheep farmer's. I have never found a record of his family in the passenger lists paid or otherwise or burial records of his parents Alexander & Ellen. I did visit Australia for 4 months in 2009 and hoped to find some evidence of our great grand parents death's with no luck, However I did enjoy walking down Peel Street in Melbourne which is were Granddad was living at the time of his enlistment to the A.I.F.
Submitted 19 February 2016 by Sharyn Roberts
Biography
NOTE: The official Service Record documentation presents two variations of the name. The grandson of Pte MacWillson has submitted a copy of a Certifcate of Marriage which lists the name as Kennety Price MacWillson.
Kenneth Price MacWillson emigrated to Australia c1885 with his parents, who became sheep farmers in the Northern Territories of Australia.
Next of Kin listed as William CRONIN, North Melbourne, AUSTRALIA - at the time of enlistment.
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