KING, Malcolm
| Service Number: | 3888 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Clunes, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Clunes, Hepburn, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Clunes State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Compositor (print) |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 25 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Serre Road Cemetery No.2 Beaumont Hamel, France Plot XXII, Row A, Grave No. 13, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Clunes Soldiers Pictorial Honour Roll, Clunes War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3888, 5th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 23 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3888, 5th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3888, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 25 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3888, 5th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Pte 3888 Malcolm King's remains and identity disc were recovered in October 1928 (in the Pozieres region) and re-interred at the Serre Road Cemetery No.2, near Beaumont-Hamel.
Biography contributed by Robert Wight
Malcolm King, aged 23, enlisted in the AIF in Melbourne on 12 July 1915.
He embarked overseas on 23 November 1915 and was taken on strength of the 5th Battalion in Egypt on 22 February 1916.
He departed Egypt on 25 March and arrived in Marseilles, France on 30 March 1916.
The 5th Battalion entered the Battle of Pozieres on 23 July 1916, and it was here two days later, on 25 July 1916, that Pte 3888 Malcolm King was killed in action.
His remains and identity disc were recovered by the Imperial War Graves Commission in October 1928 (in the Pozieres region) and subsequently re-interred at the Serre Road Cemetery No.2, near Beaumont-Hamel, at around the same time.
Source: Extract from "Clunes Soldiers Memorial Panel" by Robert Wight, June 2022.
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