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Roy William McIndoe
| Name on Board | RW McIndoe |
| Name on Service Records |
Roy William McIndoe |
| Enlistment Age | 18 |
| Occupation | Medical Student |
| Place of Birth | Williamstown, Vic |
| Next of Kin | William Donald and May McIndoe |
| Address | Carnarvon Road, Malvern, Vic |
| Marital Status | S |
| Enlistment Date | 2/10/1914 |
| Service No. | 926 |
| Enlistment Place | Melbourne, Vic |
| Embarkation Place | Melbourne |
| Embarkation Date | 22/12/1914 |
| Embarkation Ship | HMAT Berrima A35 |
| Unit on Embarkation | 1st Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance |
| Date of Death | 16/12/1915 |
| Unit on Death | 1st Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance |
| Rank on Death | Corporal |
| Cause of Death | Illness (Pneumonia) |
| Place of Wounding/ Death |
Greek Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt |
| Cemetery or Memorial | Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt |
Additional Information
Roy William McIndoe won a Victorian government scholarship to attend Scotch College. He was a medical student at University of Melbourne when he enlisted on 2 October 1914 in the 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance. Because of his age (18) he required his Father’s permission to enlist. His name appears on the North Williamstown Presbyterian Church (now St Stephens).
He embarked on the HMAT Berrima, which sailed with the Second Convoy of 19 ships which departed from Albany, Western Australia on 31 December 1914.
He worked on a hospital ship off Gallipoli and on the Island of Lemnos where he was selected by Captain Fiaschi to assist at the operating theatre. In a letter he wrote (referred to on the Scotch College web site) he describes the demanding work: ‘We got the first batch of wounded at 5.30 one morning, and the three of us at the operating theatre did not turn in again till 5 a.m. the next morning, going solidly the whole time, with half-an-hour for meals. Then we started again at 9 a.m., and finished just after midnight.’
In October 1915 he admitted to hospital from Gallipoli with tonsillitis, returning to duty four days later. In December he was admitted to the Greek Hospital Alexandria with pneumonia and died four days later on 16 December 1915.
Additional References
Scotch College World War I Commemorative Website
The National Anzac Centre, Albany, Western Australia
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