MCNEILL, Alan Douglas
| Service Number: | 14713 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Orford, Tasmania, Australia, 18 August 1890 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in action, Belgium, 26 March 1918, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Torreken Farm Cemetery No.1, Belgium Row G, Grave No. 3. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Spring Bay District War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 14713, Field Company Engineers | |
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| 11 Jul 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 14713, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Vestalia embarkation_ship_number: A44 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Jul 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 14713, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Vestalia, Sydney | |
| 26 Mar 1918: | Involvement Sapper, 14713, 1st Field Company Engineers, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 14713 awm_unit: 1st Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1918-03-26 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
When Alan Douglas McNeill was born in 1890 in Tasmania, his father, Joseph, was 64 and his mother, Helen, was 41. He had three brothers and six sisters. His father passed away during 1910. His mother lived in Hobart.
His older brother 4062 Lce. Cpl. David James McNeill 47th Battalion AIF had been killed in action at Mouquet Farm in 1916, aged 32.
Alan had previously been wounded in action during the Battle of Menin Road in Belgium with a gunshot wound to the back and chest on 21 September 1917. He was evacuated to England to recover and had only rejoined the 1st Field Company Engineers a fortnight before he was killed in action. He was out on a wiring party when he was hit by shell fragments. Another man of his unit Lce. Cpl E.F.H. Frings was also killed by the same shell.
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