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Lance Corporal William Malcolm

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Lance Corporal William Malcolm

Birth
Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland
Death
Jul 1916 (aged 35–36)
Fromelles, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Burial
Sailly-sur-la-Lys, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Add to Map
Plot
Plot II. Row J. Grave 6.
Memorial ID
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Regimental number 3102
Religion Presbyterian
Occupation Moulder
Address 17 Barr Street, Balmain, New South Wales
Marital status Married
Age at embarkation 35
Next of kin Wife, Mrs H Malcolm, 17 Barr Street, Balmain, New South Wales
Previous military service Served in the Scottish Rifles (6 years, time expired); South Africa (11 months).
Enlistment date 18 July 1915
Place of enlistment Liverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 2nd Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 8 October 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Lance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll 54th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 20 July 1916
Place of burial Anzac Cemetery (Plot II, Row J, Grave No. 6), Sailly-Sur-La-Lys), France
Panel number 159, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial.
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Joined 2nd Bn, Tel el Kebir, 5 February 1916.
Transferred to 54th Bn, 14 February 1916; joined 54th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 16 February 1916.
Found guilty, 27 April 1916, of being late on Afternoon Parade: awarded 6 days' confined to camp.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.
Killed in action, 19/20 July 1916.
Buried at Sailly-sur-la-Lys Cemetery by Reverend W. M. Holliday, 21 July 1916.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Regimental number 3102
Religion Presbyterian
Occupation Moulder
Address 17 Barr Street, Balmain, New South Wales
Marital status Married
Age at embarkation 35
Next of kin Wife, Mrs H Malcolm, 17 Barr Street, Balmain, New South Wales
Previous military service Served in the Scottish Rifles (6 years, time expired); South Africa (11 months).
Enlistment date 18 July 1915
Place of enlistment Liverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 2nd Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 8 October 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Lance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll 54th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 20 July 1916
Place of burial Anzac Cemetery (Plot II, Row J, Grave No. 6), Sailly-Sur-La-Lys), France
Panel number 159, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial.
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Joined 2nd Bn, Tel el Kebir, 5 February 1916.
Transferred to 54th Bn, 14 February 1916; joined 54th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 16 February 1916.
Found guilty, 27 April 1916, of being late on Afternoon Parade: awarded 6 days' confined to camp.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.
Killed in action, 19/20 July 1916.
Buried at Sailly-sur-la-Lys Cemetery by Reverend W. M. Holliday, 21 July 1916.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Gravesite Details

Lance Corporal, 54th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Died 19th-20th July 1916. Age: Unknown.


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  • Maintained by: Cobber
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56144684/william-malcolm: accessed ), memorial page for Lance Corporal William Malcolm (Jul 1880–Jul 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56144684, citing Anzac Cemetery, Sailly-sur-la-Lys, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; Maintained by Cobber (contributor 50072026).