MCKILLOP, Donald John Duncan
| Service Number: | 938 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 July 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia, 29 January 1886 |
| Home Town: | Glen Innes, Glen Innes Severn, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Public School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farrier |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 20 July 1916, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ration Farm Military Cemetery, la Chapelle-D'Armentieres Plot VI, Row F, Grave 46, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Moree ANZAC Centenary Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 938, Depot Battalion , Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 938, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 938, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 938, 30th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Hororata" | |
| 23 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 938, 30th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 938, 30th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 938, 30th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action |
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Australian Red Cross and Wounded Files.
The above Pte fought in the engagement on the attack of Fromelles 19/20 July, and did some excellent work under heavy fire on the above date.
He reached the German support lines carrying ammunition time after time and came to me enquiring what other duties he could carry out. He personally helped me to clear a sap which had been blocked up with stores and ammunition boxes, this sap was being dug to connect up with the enemy front lines.
As that was finished he volunteered to lead a party over to the enemy support lines again, several men went with him only one of whom to my knowledge returned and he has since been posted as missing and nothing further has been heard of him.
There was just a chance of him being captured prisoner of War, but so far his name has not appeared in the lists and I presume he has been killed in that engagement.
His conduct on that night was very meritorious. He showed the greatest of pluck and set an example to his comrades which could not be excelled. I shall be glad if you will convey the above particulars to his relatives.
Should you require any further information, please address to the Battalion as I expect to be leaving the Hospital shortly.
Cert Letter by
Capt T.C. Barbour
30th Battalion