Frederick MCPHERSON

MCPHERSON, Frederick

Service Number: 1506
Enlisted: 15 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 4th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Stawell, Victoria, 28 May 1895
Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Glenhope East Primary School
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Victoria, Australia, 10 July 1956, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Pyramid Hill Mologa East State School No 1836 Roll of Honour WW1
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World War 1 Service

15 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria
29 Oct 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1506, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Palermo embarkation_ship_number: A56 public_note: ''
29 Oct 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1506, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Palermo, Melbourne
17 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1

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Biography

"...1506 Private (Pte) Frederick McPherson, 11th Reinforcements, 4th Light Horse Regiment, of North Gippsland, Vic. Pte McPherson enlisted on 16 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Palermo on 29 October 1915. He returned to Australia on 24 July 1919." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

***Page  11  (of 11)  of  Service Record (recordsearch.naa.gov.au)  notes  the  date of death as 10 Jul 1956 - other sources record the  date of death three years earlier on 14 Apr 1953

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