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DRUMMOND, Dugald
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 28, Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 28 February 1901 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Special Services AIF |
| Born: | Ulmarra, New South Wales, Australia, 24 January 1867 |
| Home Town: | Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stock and Station Agent |
| Died: | Natural causes, Penrith, New Sourg Wales, Australia, 24 August 1925, aged 58 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Anglican, Section 7, Grave 1668 |
| Memorials: | Thallon War Memorial |
Service History
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Second Lieutenant, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 28, A Squadron, New South Wales Mounted Infantry | |
| 3 Nov 1899: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 28, A Squadron, New South Wales Mounted Infantry, SS Aberdeen, Sydney - disembarking Capetown, South Africa 7 December 1899 | |
| 13 Dec 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 28, A Squadron, New South Wales Mounted Infantry, HMT Orient, Capetown for return to Australia - disembarking Sydney 8 January 1901 | |
| 8 Jan 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 28, A Squadron, New South Wales Mounted Infantry | |
| 28 Feb 1901: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Second Lieutenant | |
| 21 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, HT British Princess, Sydney | |
| 10 Sep 1901: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches | |
| 27 Sep 1901: | Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, For distinguished and gallant conduct on 23 June 1900 at Heidelberg in taking a dismounted comrade from the field under heavy fire. | |
| 6 May 1902: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, HT Aurania, Capetown for return to Australia - disembarking Sydney 3 June 1902. | |
| 3 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Holsworthy, NSW | |
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| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 21 Dec 1914: | Involvement 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 6th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 20 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 6th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 20 Sep 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 6th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shrapnel wound left ankle - fractured tibia and fibula | |
| 14 Nov 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Medically unfit | |
| 12 Sep 1919: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Special Services AIF, Holdsworth | |
| 18 Sep 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Special Services AIF, SS Frankfurt, Sydney for Rotterdam, Netherlands on escort duty for deportees - returning from England in SS Königin Luise and disembarking Sydney on 7 February 1920. | |
| 11 May 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Special Services AIF |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mrs Drummond, 'Gladstone', Mitchell Street, Marrickville, Sydney, New South Wales
Served in South Africa for 2.5 years
Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal.
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