MACLEOD, John Connor
| Service Number: | 469 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 October 1914, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glenboig, New Monkland parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland, March 1893 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | A pastry baker by trade, and a pipe band music teacher. |
| Died: | Wounds, 2nd Western General Hospital, Manchester, Lancashire, England , United Kingdom, 16 June 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Manchester Southern Cemetery, England, United Kingdom Grave reference: Q. CE. 217. INSCRIPTION TOO FAR AWAY THY GRAVE TO SEE BUT NOT TOO FAR TO THINK OF THEE , Manchester Southern Cemetery, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Queensland Railways Toowoomba Employees Roll of Honour, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial) |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Oct 1914: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 469, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 469, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
The place of birth may have been incorrectly stated by CWGC-it is more likely to be Glenboig, North Lanarkshire, Scotland.
A pastry baker by trade, and a pipe band music teacher, he was 21 and the son of David and the late Maggie Connor MacLeod/McLeod. While in training camp, he started up a pipe band for the 15th Battalion.
He was wounded in action at Gallipoli.
His name is located at panel 76 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
CWGC records the spelling of his surname as MacLeod-not McLeod.
Their Grave Registration Report Form shows the surname spelt as McLeod.
The Death Registration shows the surname as McLeod.
Deaths Jun 1915 McLeod John 21 Prestwich 8d 550
Inscription chosen for his wargrave is:
TOO FAR AWAY THY GRAVE TO SEE BUT NOT TOO FAR TO THINK OF THEE
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
note: surname alternatively spelled as McLeod
Died on this date - 16th June......Private John Connor MacLeod was born at Glenboig, New Monkland parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland in 1894 as "John Connor".
According to information supplied by David MacLeod, Stepfather of John Connor MacLeod, John came to Australia when he was 16 ½ years old with his family. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 12th October, 1914 as a 21 year old Baker from Toowoomba, Queensland.
Private John MacLeod proceeded to join the M.E.F. (Mediterranean Expeditionary Force) on Gallipoli Peninsula on 12th April, 1915 with 15th Battalion. Private MacLeod was wounded in action at Gallipoli with a gunshot wound to the forehead. He was admitted to 2nd Western General Hospital, Manchester, Lancashire, England on 20th May, 1915.
Private John Connor MacLeod died on 16th June, 1915 at 2nd Western General Hospital, Manchester, Lancashire, England from Enteric Fever. He was buried in Southern Cemetery, Manchester, Lancashire, England where 15 other WW1 Australian Soldiers & 1 VAD Nurse are buried.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/-southern.html
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