MACINTOSH, Neil Alexander
| Service Number: | SX16543 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 20 January 1942, Wayville, SA |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mount Gambier, South Australia, 16 May 1909 |
| Home Town: | Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Linotype Operator |
| Died: | Illness, Adelaide, South Australia, 19 February 1944, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia War Cemetery Plot C. Row A. Grave 7. |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 20 Jan 1942: | Involvement Corporal, SX16543, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion | |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
| 20 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, SX16543, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Julianne Ryan
Rootsweb ID: I577376 - Birth Record 16 May 1909 in Frewville Nr Mount Gambier, South Australia
Source: SA Births 1907 - 1928. Book : 822 Page : 307 District : Gre.
Father: Neil Alexander MACINTOSH and Mother: Mary Mabel KITELEY.
NOK in Service:
Father: 86 Coporal in Boer War - 1st South Australian Mounted Rifles
Son-in-law: SX4924 Leslie William Clarke
WWII - Private in 2/27th Battalion
KIA 11/6/1941 in Syria
Acting Corporal in 2/43rd Australian Infantry Battalion
married: Ruby Vera Clarke
19/2/1944 died of illness, Colonel Light Gardens, SA
buried in: Centennial Park Cemetery, Pasadena, SA
Commonwealth War Graves, Path 9, Grave 7
His name is commemorated on Panel 62; Supplementary Panel 5 at the
Australian War Memorial.
Submitted by Julianne T Ryan, 11/9/2016. Lest we forget.
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Neil Alexander and Mary Mabel MacIntosh, of Mount Gambier; husband of Ruby Vera MacIntosh, of Mount Gambier.
Mr. MacIntosh was the only member of the staff of "The Border Watch" to pay the supreme sacrifice. He was a valued member of the staff of the compsing and literary departments, respected for his ability, and his memory is cherished.
He enlisted early in January, 1942, for service with the AIF, and sailed for the Middle East as a 9th Division reinforcement. After service in Palestine and Egypt he returned to Australia in February 1943, had a month's leave, and returned north, later going to New Guinea.
He saw heavy fighting around Lae, Salamaua and Finschhafen. While returning home for leave from the islands in February 1944, he became ill, and being landed at North Queensland, was conveyed to Adelaide by planeto enter 105 Australian General Hospital. He died after a short illness and was buried with military honours at Centennial Park Cemetery. He was 34 years of age.
Mr. MacIntosh joined the "Watch" staff as a lad and learned all branches of the printing trade and became a first-class linotype operator. In 1939, to gain further experience, he went to teh Colac Herald and while there married Miss Ruby Clarek of Mount Gambier.
Returning in 1941 to "the Border Watch" Mr MacIntosh showed his versatility by operating a linotype and then taking the responsibility of the Sub-Editor's chair, where he showed promising journalistic ability. His record as a citizen and a soldier is of high order.
Cpl. MacIntosh was the second son of the late Mr. Neil A. MacIntosh, who also had a good military record, having attended the Queen's Jubilee in London as one of a contingent of 25 South Australians and later served in the South African War.
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