MAIN, Halcro Drummond
| Service Number: | 1611 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 September 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glasgow, Scotland, 20 August 1894 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Accountant |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Rouen, France, 12 April 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Block O, Plot VIII, Row J, Grave 6 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Fire Underwriters' Association of S.A. WW1 Roll of Honour, Adelaide Marine Underwriters Association of S.A. WW1 Roll of Honour, Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1611, 50th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 11 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1611, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1611, 50th Infantry Battalion, Noreuil, GSW wounded three times | |
| 12 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1611, 50th Infantry Battalion, Noreuil, Died of Wounds in Hospital - Rouen :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1611 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-12 |
Awarded the MM but died of his wounds before he could be presented with it.
'At NOREUIL on 2nd April, 1917 this Non Commissioned Officer although wounded twice continued to lead his section in the face of heavy Machine Gun and Shell fire, encouraging his men, and continuing to do his duty until receiving his third wound.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 174
Date: 11 October 1917
Submitted 20 April 2024 by Steve Larkins
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He is honoured on the Kelvinside Academy War Memorial, Glasgow as Halcrow Drummond Main.
He appears to have been born around 1886 and is shown on the 1911 census for Hammersmith as a Bank Clerk, aged 25 under the name of Halers Drummond Main
[Resident, Lanark Glasgow Lanarkshire]
Possible siblings Robert Drummond Main, Ralph Drummond Main
William Drummond Main- Royal Engineers-no. 221523
James Drummond Main- Royal Army Medical Corps- 1720
Biography
"THE LATE CORPORAL H. D. MAIN.
Corporal H. D. Main, who died on April 12 from wounds received in action in France, is the son of Mr. W. D. Main of Glasgow, Scotland. He joined the service of the Union Bank in 1911 and transferred to the Adelaide branch shortly afterwards. He later joined the staff of
the New Zealand Insurance Company, where he remained until the date of his enlistment. He waa a prominent figure in Rugby circles, and was a member of the London Scottish Rugby Ciub in England." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 02 Jun 1917 (nla.gov.au)
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