Private Colin Hector McPherson

Service number 2809
Birth Date 14/05/1899
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Korumburra
Death Date 26/10/1916
Death Place France
Final Rank Private
Service Australian Imperial Force
Unit 29th Australian Infantry Battalion
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Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Private Colin Hector McPherson (2809, 29th Battalion) was born in Korumburra, Victoria, on 14 May 1899. He had trained with cadets for four years before enlisting in September 1915. Colin was working on a fatigue party when hit by a shell in a trench near Flers on 26 October 1916 and died of wounds shortly after. He is buried in the Thistle Dump Cemetery, Longueval, France. Colin was 17 years 5 months of age at the time of his death.

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Date of birth 14/05/1899
Date of enlistment 20/09/1915
Date of death 26/10/1916
Date of fate 26/10/1916
Date of death 26/10/1916
Date of embarkation 14/03/1916

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