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MCKELLAR, Duncan Mitchell
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2800 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Allansford, Vic., 12 November 1892 |
| Home Town: | Ballangeich, Moyne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 11 April 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2800, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2800, 46th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Mr. John McKellar, of Ballangeich, has been officially advised that his son, Pte. Mitchell McKellar, died of wounds in Germany about the middle of April. Pte. McKellar was previously reported missing on 11th April last, and it is evident that he was wounded and taken prisoner and subsequently succumbed to his injuries while in the hands of the enemy.