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Second Lieutenant Samuel McPherson DYKES 41
Born: Galston, Newmilns, Scotland Enlisted: 21-8-1914, Randwick, New South Wales 56th Battalion Australian Infantry Occupation prior to Enlistment: Carpenter Departed Australia 19-10-1914 Killed in Action 1-11-1916 aged 26years Son of Alexander and Margaret Inine McPherson Dykes. Resting: Warlencourt British Cemetery, Warlencourt-Eaucourt, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 162 |
James MITCHELL
Private Robert MITCHELL 1001
Born: Kilmarnock, Ayreshire, Scotland Enlisted: 9-9-1914, Brisbane, Queensland Occupation prior to Enlistment: Carpenter 9th Battalion Australian Infantry Died sometime between 1/8 - 31/8 1915, Gallipoli, Turkey Son of Matthew & Kate Mitchell, Elmbank, Newmilns, Scotland Honoured Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 57 |
Private James Anderson McGEACHIE 1218
Born: Newmilns, Ayrshire, Scotland Enlisted: 10-2-1915, Liverpool, New South Wales Occupation prior to Enlistment: Labourer 18th Battalion Australian Infantry Killed in Action 22-8-1915, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey Son of William & Margaret McGeachie, 60 Jamieson Terrace, Newmilns, Ayrshire, Scotland Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 86 |
Sergeant Thomas McGEACHIE 1606
Born: Loudon, Ayrshire, Scotland
Enlisted: 4-12-1914, Liverpool, New South Wales
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Labourer
2nd Battalion Australian Infantry
Killed in Action 5-9-1916, Belgium
Son of William & Margaret McGeachie, 3 Brown St.,, Newmilns, Ayrshire, Scotland
Resting: Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 33
Born: Loudon, Ayrshire, Scotland
Enlisted: 4-12-1914, Liverpool, New South Wales
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Labourer
2nd Battalion Australian Infantry
Killed in Action 5-9-1916, Belgium
Son of William & Margaret McGeachie, 3 Brown St.,, Newmilns, Ayrshire, Scotland
Resting: Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 33
Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald
Staff-Sgt Thomas McGeachie, Australians (killed)
Mr and Mrs William McGeachie, Loudon Road, Newmilns, have been officially informed that their son, Staff Sergeant Thos. McGeachie, Australian Imperial Forces, has been killed in action. This is the second son of Mr. and Mrs. McGeachie who has been killed at the front.
Staff-Sgt Thomas McGeachie, Australians (killed)
Mr and Mrs William McGeachie, Loudon Road, Newmilns, have been officially informed that their son, Staff Sergeant Thos. McGeachie, Australian Imperial Forces, has been killed in action. This is the second son of Mr. and Mrs. McGeachie who has been killed at the front.