MCCULLOCH, John Stuart
| Service Number: | 39462 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 February 1968, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) |
| Born: | Clydebank, Scotland, 13 January 1947 |
| Home Town: | Townsville, Townsville, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Prison Officer |
| Died: | Natural causes (Diabetes), Townsville, Queensland, 21 January 2006, aged 59 years |
| Cemetery: |
Woongarra Crematorium, Townsville, Qld Cremated |
| Memorials: | North Queensland Garden of Remembrance (Townsville) |
Vietnam War Service
| 15 Feb 1968: |
Involvement
Private, 39462, 1st Australian Reinforcement Unit, Vietnam , 1 Australian Reinforcement Unit |
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| 15 Feb 1968: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 39462 | |
| 15 Feb 1968: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 39462, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| 14 Aug 1968: | Involvement Private, 39462, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) | |
| 14 Aug 1968: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 39462 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
Stewy was cremated at Woongarra Crematorium in Townsville. Part of his ashes are interred at Woongarra, while the remainder were returned to Edinburgh, Scotland by his good friend, Steve Saville, where they were scattered in a public park. Permission for the last remaining member of Stewy's family, his estranged brother, the infamous Tommy McCulloch (www.scotsman.com) serving a life sentence, to attend, was granted by the prison authorities in Scotland. Tommy chose not to take the short day-time leave of absence to avoid the gaze of any media who might get wind of it. Tommy hadn't seen his older brother for over 30 years.
Stewy lived the final 30 years of his life in Townsville. He retired due to ill-health from the Prison Service after 20 years in 1997.
Stewy is commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance at Townsville's ANZAC Strand Park Memorial.
R.I.P. old mate
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