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John Murchie Colquhoun

Name on Board JM Colquhoun
Name on Service
Records
John Murchie  Colquhoun
Enlistment Age 38
Occupation Labourer
Place of Birth South Melbourne, Vic
Next of Kin Mrs Catherine Colquhorn
Address 70 Elizabeth St, North Williamstown, Vic
Marital Status S
Enlistment Date 28/10/1914
Service No. 1460; 1335 (both nos. appear on records)
Enlistment Place Melbourne, Vic
Embarkation Place Melbourne
Embarkation Date 2/02/1915
Embarkation Ship HMAT Clan McGillivray A46
Unit on Embarkation 14th Australian Infantry Battalion
Date of Death 4/09/1916
Unit on Death 4th Australian Pioneer Battalion
Rank on Death Private
Cause of Death KIA
Place of Wounding/
Death
Pozieres, France (no known grave)
Cemetery or Memorial Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Additional Information John Colquhoun attended South Melbourne State School.  His parents were deceased prior to his enlistment
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