MCINTOSH, Hector McDonald
| Service Number: | 3370 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 July 1915, Cadets: 77B |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Auckland, New Zealand., 14 May 1898 |
| Home Town: | Ultimo, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | S.W. to abdomen/BacK, General Military Hospital, Colchester, Essex, England, United Kingdom, 12 July 1916, aged 18 years |
| Cemetery: |
Colchester Cemetery, Essex, United Kingdom Grave Reference:T. 5. 61. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glebe Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3370, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Cadets: 77B | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3370, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3370, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 18 and the son of Mary and the late James McIntosh, of "Clarenda", Waratah St., Canterbury, Sydney, New South Wales.
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Biography contributed by Evan Evans
Died on this date – 12th July .... Private Hector McDonald McIntosh was born in Auckland, New Zealand on 14th May, 1898. He came to Australia with his family when he was 9 months old.
Hector McDonald McIntosh stated he was aged 18 years & 4 months (his actual aged was 17), single & a Labourer from Ultimo, Sydney, NSW when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 26th July, 1915.
Private Hector McDonald McIntosh embarked from Sydney, NSW on HMAT Euripides (A14) on 2nd November, 1915 with the 3rd Infantry Battalion 11th Reinforcements.
Private McIntosh was admitted to 1st A.D.H. (Australian Dermatological Hospital) at Abbassia, Cairo on 1st February, 1916 & discharged on 16th March, 1916. He embarked for B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force) from Alexandria on 29th March, 1916 & disembarked at Marseilles, France on 4th April, 1916.
Private McIntosh was written up on 11th April, 1916 – “When on active service drunk in town at 18.45 on 9th April, 1916”. He was awarded 10 days F.P. No. 2 (Field Punishment).
Private McIntosh proceeded from 1st Australian Base Depot at Etaples, France on 14th May, 1916 & was taken on strength of 3rd Battalion in France on 15th May, 1916.
Private Hector McDonald McIntosh was wounded in action in France. He was admitted 1st Australian Field Ambulance on 10th June, 1916 with shell wounds to back then transferred the next day to Casualty Clearing Station & was placed on the dangerously ill List. He was taken off the dangerously ill List on 15th June, 1916 & shortly after transferred by Ambulance Train & admitted to Hospital at Boulogne. He was reported as dangerously ill on 29th June, 1916 then reported as serious on 9th July, 1916. He was invalided to England on Hospital Ship St. Denis on 10th July, 1916 with G.S.W. to abdomen.
Private Hector McDonald McIntosh died on 12th July, 1916 at General Military Hospital, Colchester, Essex, England from wounds received in action in France - Septic Bronco & Pneumo–Thorax. The death certificate for H. M. McIntosh records cause of death as “1. Gun shot wounds to chest and abdomen. 2. Toxemia.”
He was buried in Colchester Cemetery, Colchester, Essex, England where 10 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
*** Older brother – Private Neil McIntosh, 1565, 18th Battalion. Enlisted 19th April, 1915. Embarked from Sydney, NSW on HMAT Themistocles on 12th May, 1915. Later 3659, 53rd Battalion. Died of pneumonia 20th November, 1918. Buried in Tidworth Military Cemetery, Wiltshire, England. Entitled to British War Medal & Victory Medal.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/colchester.html
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