Hamish MACNAB

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Service Number:	518
Enlisted:	27 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Falkirk, Grangemouth, Scotland, 1895
Home Town:	Ascot Vale, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Buchanan's School, Glasgow, Scotland
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 25 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey Panel 29
Memorials:	Ascot Vale War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

27 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 518, Enlisted at Melbourne
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 518, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 518, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne

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Arrived in Australia aged 15 years

Address at the time of enlistment was 1 Mirams Street, Ascot Vale, Victoria

Son of John D. McNab and Jean Johnstone formerly McNab of 33 Morphett Street, Ascot Vale, Victoria. Brother of Agnes McNab

Medals: 1914-15 Sstar, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Citizen Military Forces