Wilfred Arthur MCCULLOCH

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MCCULLOCH, Wilfred Arthur

Service Numbers:	V55173, VX51300
Enlisted:	29 July 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/9th Field Ambulance
Born:	Drummoyne, New South Wales, Australia, 17 August 1910
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Melbourne Technical College & the National Gallery, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Artist
Died:	Killed in Action, Malaya, 9 February 1942, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Singapore War Memorial, Singapore Col 140
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery

World War 2 Service

29 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V55173
13 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Private, VX51300, 2nd/9th Field Ambulance
13 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX51300, 2nd/9th Field Ambulance

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Biography contributed by John Baker

A review of Corporal Wilfred McCulloch’s art exhibition.

“McCulloch's show at the Athenaeum is also of interest. I was very surprised to see how he had "come on." He has a grip of his materials now, and some confidence in using them. Some
river stuff on the Yarra is excellent, late autumn being the time of the year. Some camp sketches are good -"Trench-digging" particularly. He has found a colour and tone sense now. He confessed to me at his show that the "Van Goghs" and the "Matisses" had led him out of "the straight and narrow." Moreover, McCulloch draws very well, and studies of soldiers, portraits, and other odds and ends are all good to see.

Brigadier D. A. Luxton, introduced by Capt. W. Pook, will open the show on Wednesday, and I sincerely recommend to any lucky Melbourne Cup investors the advisability of commemorating their luck by acquiring a work of art at either of these shows. All bookmakers will agree, I think. November 15 is the closing date for both shows.”

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8214604

Wilfred McCulloch a corporal in the Royal Melbourne Regiment, is holding an exhibition at Riddell Galleries, Little Collins street. He is seen here (right) discussing one of his works with Lieut-Colonel N. A. McArthur, C.O. of his regiment, who opened the exhibition yesterday.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/608959?

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