Edward Douglas MACKINTOSH

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MACKINTOSH, Edward Douglas

Service Number:	4171
Enlisted:	28 August 1915, enlisted in Longreach
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Edinburgh, Scotland, 1884
Home Town:	Augathella, Murweh, Queensland
Schooling:	George Watson's Boys' College, Edinburgh, Scotland
Occupation:	Storekeeper
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 14 November 1916
Cemetery:	Warlencourt British Cemetery Plot V, Row A, Grave No. 19
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ilfracombe District Honour Roll, Ilfracombe Memorial Rotunda, Longreach War Memorial

World War 1 Service

28 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4171, 5th Depot of Unit Supply, enlisted in Longreach
28 Mar 1916:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 4171, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
28 Mar 1916:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 4171, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Brisbane
14 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 4171, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4171 awm_unit: 26th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-11-14
11 Sep 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Private, 26th Infantry Battalion, Reverted to the rank of private.

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Edward was the son of Mr. J. Mackintosh, Edinburgh, was born in 1884, and attended George Watson’s College from 1894-1900. On leaving he entered the British Linen Bank, Edinburgh, and remained there till 1913, when he went to Australia to take up sheep farming. He was on a farm at Augathella near Charleville, Queensland when he enlisted. He fought at Pozieres and was promoted to Corporal soon after. He was killed in action at Flers and according to his Red Cross file his body was lost in the mud. It seems his remains were discovered in 1925 and reburied in the Warlencourt British Cemetery about 7 kilometres from Flers.

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