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MCMULLEN, Alfred Oswald

Service Number:	2435
Enlisted:	29 August 1914
Last Rank:	Major
Last Unit:	1st Division Artillery
Born:	Scone, New South Wales, Australia, 26 April 1885
Home Town:	Upper Rouchel, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Natural causes, Scone, New South Wales, Australia, 19 April 1960, aged 74 years
Cemetery:	Rouchel Brook Cemetery, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales Australia
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World War 1 Service

29 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 2435, Divisional Ammunition Column
1 Sep 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, Divisional Ammunition Column
23 Sep 1914:	Involvement Sergeant, 2435, Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Southern embarkation_ship_number: A27 public_note: ''
23 Sep 1914:	Embarked Sergeant, 2435, Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Southern, Sydney
16 Aug 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Field Artillery Brigade
8 Dec 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Field Artillery Brigade
21 Jul 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, Shrapnel wounds face
1 Sep 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 1st Field Artillery Brigade
1 Jan 1918:	Honoured Military Cross, For consistent good work and devotion to duty from 26th February to 29 September 1917, particularly during the advance through Bapaume and Fremicourt in March 1917 when commanding his battery with dash and coolness, he brought fire to bear wherever required and rendered most valuable assistance to the infantry.
23 Oct 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Major, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
13 Apr 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Major, 1st Division Artillery, HT Wyreema, England for return to Australia - disembarking Sydney 3 June 1919

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