McCOLL, Malcolm
(Service number 40712)
| First Rank | Rifleman | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 6 December 1889 | Place of Birth | Temuka |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Geraldine | ||
| Occupation | Stock agent | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs L. F. McCOLL (mother), Highlands, Geraldine | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Reinforcements, G Company | ||
| Date | 14 March 1917 | ||
| Transport | Ruapehu | ||
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 17 August 1944 | Age | 54 years |
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| Place of Death | Geraldine | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Geraldine Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Malcolm McColl was the older son of John Livingstone and Lucy Finetta (née Dyson) McColl. He attended several South Canterbury schools - Kakahu, Clandeboye, Orton, Hilton and Geraldine. Malcom returned to Geraldine with Draft 187 which brought a large number of soldiers home in early October 1918. Malcolm married Znnie Christina Bell in 1919.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [09 July 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [14 July 2019]; School Admission records [July 2019]; Cemetery records; Evening Post, 30 September 1918 (Papers Past) [16 August 2016]
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