MCPHERSON, Athol Cluny
| Service Number: | 352 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 August 1914, Prahran, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | "Nangeela" Casterton, Victoria, 1881 |
| Home Town: | Horsham, Wimmera, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Harrow & Wallacedale State Schools |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Bullet Wound To Heart, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 19 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot II, Row B, Grave 13, Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 352, 5th Infantry Battalion, Prahran, Victoria | |
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| 21 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 352, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 352, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne | |
| 19 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 352, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Athol Cluny McPHERSON was born at "Nangeela" in Casterton, Victoria
His parents were Murray Bennett McPHERSON and Maria Eliza ANTILL - he was one of 8 children
He enlisted in Prahran, Victoria on 15th August, 1914 and embarked with the 5th Infantry Battalion, E Company on the ship Orvieto on 21st October, 1914 from Melbourne
Athol was Killed in Action due to a bullet wound to his heart on 19th August, 1915 and is buried in Shrapnel Valley Cemetery at Gallipoli
Inscription on his headstone reads:
"HE DIED IN THE DEFENCE OF THE FAITH"
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial
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His brother Cyril Sutherland McPHERSON (SN 938) also served in WW1 and was badly wounded & not expected to live but survived and was invalided home in 1918
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