MACGILLIVRAY, Ian
| Service Number: | 14994 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 February 1917, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Mechanical Transport Companies (AIF) |
| Born: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Newtown, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 20 November 1973, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Altona Memorial Park, Victoria Rose Garden, Garden Bed 12, Section RP, Position 29 |
| Memorials: | Newtown All Saints Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 14994, Mechanical Transport Companies (AIF), Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 4 Aug 1917: | Involvement 14994, Mechanical Transport Companies (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Aug 1917: | Embarked 14994, Mechanical Transport Companies (AIF), HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of the late Mr. Henry Robertson MacGILLIVRAY (died 1906) and Mrs Annie Park BECHERVAISE fmly MacGILLIVRAY nee WHITFIELD, Retreat Road, Newtown, Victoria
Husband of Mona Lyell MacGILLIVRAY nee WYETT
Ian had to get written permission from his mother to enlist.
Serving in France he was diagnosed with Post Deptheric Paralysis on 29 July 1918 - was admitted to CCS 29.7.18 with sore throad, was given serum and discharged for duty at end of three weeks. Diagnosis: Vincent's Augina (from swab). Admitted 35th General Hosptial 4.9.18 with weakness of legs, absent knee jerks & blunting of sensation, also nasal voice. Swab neg, for K.L. bac. Admitted Endsell Street Military Hospital 24.9.18 with weakness of hands & slight of arms & some blunting of sensation. Marked weakness of legs & tenderness of calvas & blunted sensation of legs and fee. Knee jerks absent. Movement of soft palate present.
Returned to Australia 3 May 1919 per 'Leicestershire'.