Colonel Duncan McLeish

Ranks Held Colonel, Captain, Lieutenant-Colonel, Major
Birth Date 1851
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Yea
Death Date 1920-04-18
Death Place Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Brighton
Final Rank Colonel
Service Army
Units
  • Remount Service
  • Aust Remount Unit
  • 1st Australian Remount Unit
  • 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles
  • 2nd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
Places
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1901-04-19
Published in London Gazette in 1919-01-22
Published in London Gazette in 1919-01-01
Published in London Gazette in 1917-07-06
Published in London Gazette in 1901-04-16
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-10-11
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-05-23
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-05-23

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Remount Service
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Colonel
    London Gazette
    06 July 1917 on page 6773 at position 70
    Commonwealth Gazette
    11 October 1917 on page 2664 at position 74
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Remount Service
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Colonel
    London Gazette
    22 January 1919 on page 1165 at position 15
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 May 1919 on page 895 at position 98
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    1st Victorian Mounted Rifles
    Conflict
    South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    16 April 1901 on page 2608 at position 48
  • Pre First World War Conflicts Nominal Rolls:

    Unit
    1st Victorian Mounted Rifles
    Conflict
    South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
    Rank
    Captain
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Aust Remount Unit
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Colonel
    London Gazette
    01 January 1919 on page 54 at position 3
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 May 1919 on page 890 at position 3
  • Pre First World War Conflicts Nominal Rolls:

    Unit
    2nd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
    Conflict
    South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
    Rank
    Lieutenant-Colonel
  • First World War Nominal Roll:

    Unit
    1st Australian Remount Unit
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Colonel
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    1st Victorian Mounted Rifles
    Conflict
    South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    19 April 1901 on page 2699 at position 5
  • First World War Embarkation Roll:

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Colonel

Timeline

Date of birth 1851
Date of enlistment 23 September 1915
Date of embarkation 12 November 1915
Date returned to Australia 14 March 1919
Date of death 18 April 1920