MCNEILL, Colin
| Service Number: | 5771 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 January 1915, Warrnambool, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Koroit, Victoria, Australia, 1874 |
| Home Town: | Camperdown, Corangamite, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Dairyman |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Camperdown, Victoria, Australia, 5 May 1949 |
| Cemetery: |
Camperdown Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Camperdown, Victoria Presbyterian – Section 4 Grave No. 31I |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5771, 14th Infantry Battalion, Warrnambool, Vic. | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 5771, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 5771, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Archibald McNEILL and Ann McNEILL nee McDONALD
Husband of Margaret McNEILL nee LUCAS, Camperdown, Victoria.
MR. C. McNEILL
A WELL known and highly respected member of Camperdown in the person of Mr. Colin McNeill, of Manifold street, died on Thursday, May 5, at the age of 76 years. Born at Koroit, the late Mr. McNeill married Margaret Lucas, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lucas, of Winslow, 49 years ago. After residing at Koroit for two years he came to Camperdown, where he was engaged as a horse-breaker on Wiridgil and Purrumbete Estates. He was clerk of the course at Camperdown racecourse for 25 years.
The late Mr. McNeill served in the 1914-18 war, enlisting in 1916 in the 14th Battalion. He served abroad for 537 days. After carrying on as a share farmer for 20 years with the late Mr. H. Stansmore, he took up a soldier settler's block as a dairy farmer on the Koort Koortnong Settlement. Due to ill-health he relinquished dairying in 1938 and retired to Camperdown, where he resided until his death.
The late Mr. McNeill leaves a widow and one sister, Mrs. Carey (Coburg) and a brother, Mr. Donald McNeill (Coburg).
The funeral to the Camperdown cemetery look place last Friday. It was largely attended and many beautiful floral tributes were in evidence. Services at the house and at the grave-side were conducted by the Rev. Mr. Bennett, of Terang. The R.S.L. service was conducted by Mr. J. N. McKechnie. Nephews of the deceased in the persons of Messrs. Rod, Alan, Fred and Norman Lucas, Colin Watson and Corrie Carey, were coffin-bearers, and the pall was supported by members of Camperdown R.S.L. Funeral arrangements were carried out by Messrs. WulLs and Macqueen.
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