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WHITELAW, Loftus
Personal Details
Service Number: | 492 |
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Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Richmond, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Kew, Victoria, 1891 |
Home Town: | Kew, Boroondara, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Book-binder |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave - Panel 27, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kew War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 492, Richmond, Victoria | |
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19 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 492, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
19 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 492, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
30 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 492, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Slight gunshot wound to the foot |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas Whitelaw, (secretary) Boroondara Cemetery, Kew, Victoria and Rosa Whitelaw
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Served his apprenticeship with Cunningham & Co.. of Albert Street, Auburn