Archibald Angus MCASKIL

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MCASKIL, Archibald Angus

Service Number:	3651
Enlisted:	3 September 1915
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	5th Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Coburg, Victoria, Australia, 1885
Home Town:	Coburg, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling:	Bell St. State School, Coburg, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Quarryman
Died:	Killed in action, France, 17 July 1918
Cemetery:	Franvillers Communal Cemetery Extension Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 5.
Memorials:	Coburg Rifle Club Roll of Honour, Coburg State School 484 Avenue of Honour

World War 1 Service

3 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3651, 21st Infantry Battalion
29 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3651, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
29 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3651, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
15 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Machine Gun Company
19 Aug 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 5th Machine Gun Battalion

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Angus was the son of Donald and Jessie McAskil, of Coburg, Victoria. His mother had passed away during 1913.

His younger brother, 1643 Pte. Allan Douglas McAskil 14th Battalion AIF, was killed in action near Gueudecourt, France, on 5 February 1917, aged 22.

Another brother, 3588 Private Edwin George McAskil also served in the 5th Machine Gun Battalion AIF and returned to Australia in 1919.

Another younger brother, WX8261 Private Robert Ramsay McAskil 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion died of illness, as a prisoner of war, during the Second World War on 28 March 1945, at 44 years of age.

Angus served with Machine Gun Companies for two years from when he arrived in France in June 1916. He was killed on 17 July 1918, in unknown circumstances.

Angus was reported in the local newspapers to have been president of the Fawkner Football Club and the flag of the Coburg Football Club was flown at half-mast as a mark of sympathy.

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