LINDSAY, Dugald Carmichael
| Service Number: | 1781 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Crossing, Argyllshire, Scotland, 20 October 1894 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Ardgowan Public School, Greenwock, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Railway Porter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 6 August 1915, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 23), Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1781, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 17 Mar 1915: | Involvement Private, 1781, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Mar 1915: | Embarked Private, 1781, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 16 years
Son of William and Frances Bain Lindsay of Rockfield House Skipness, Whitehouse, Argyllshire, Scotland
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
4th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Died Between 06/08/1915 and 09/08/1915.
He was 20.
[Whitehouse (Scottish Gaelic: An Taigh Bàn is a hamlet on the Kintyre peninsula of Argyll and Bute, Scotland.]
Enlistment date 12 January 1915.
Age at embarkation 20
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/21/2
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 17 March 1915
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli
It is believed that he is the Dugald Lindsay who is commemorated on the KirriemuirrWar Memorial.
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Dugald Carmichael LINDSAY was born on 20th October 1894 at Crossaig, Kintyre, Argyleshire, Scotland. He was 16 when he came to Australia. On 21st July 1914 he joined the NSW Governemnt Railways and Tramways as a junior porter (temporary) in the Traffic Branch at Sydney. On 26th October 1914 his position was made permanent. On 15th January 1915 he was released to join the Expeditionary Forces.
He joined the AIF on 12th January 1915 with the rank of Private. He was posted to the 4th Reinforcements to the 4th Infantry Battalion.
On his Attestation Paper, Dugald nominated his mother, Flora Lindsay of Skipness, Kintyre, Argyleshire, Scotland, as his next of kin and gave his occupation as ‘Railway Porter’.
His record shows he reached Gallipoli on 31st May 1915 as a member of reinforcements to the 4th Infantry Battalion. The Battalion had been involved in the original landings on 25th April 1915 and subsequently in defendd the beach head at Anzac Cove. In August 1915, along with the rest of the 1st Brigade, the 4th Infantry Battalion led the charge at Lone Pine. It was during the Battle of Lone Pine that Dugald was reported missing in action between 6th and 9h August 1915. A subsequent Court of Enquiry determined that he had been killed in action in this period.
He is commemorated at the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey. The Australian War Memorial gives his place of association as Sydney. After his death his mother was granted a dependant’s pension of 20 shillings per fortnight with effect from 16th January 1916, to be reviewed after 12 months.
- based on the Australian War Memorial honour Board and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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