Frank (Mac) MCINTOSH MM

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MCINTOSH, Frank

Service Number:	3878
Enlisted:	17 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Victoria, Australia, April 1895
Home Town:	Euroa, Strathbogie, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 9 October 1917
Cemetery:	Bedford House Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium Bedford House Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium, Passchendaele New British Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Euroa Fallen of Euroa District Honour Roll, Euroa Telegraph Park, Euroa War Memorial, Mia Mia State School No 952 Honor Roll, Moglonemby & District Roll of Honor

17 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3878, Melbourne, Victoria
8 Feb 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3878, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
8 Feb 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3878, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Melbourne
8 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3878, 21st Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm
3 May 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, Bullecourt (Second), For conspicuous gallantry during an assault on the Hindenburg Line on 3rd May 1917. When most of the Officers and N.C.O's of his Company were casualties he acted as N.C.O. and assisted in organising the survivors, rendering most valuable service at a critical period. In this work he showed marked ability and power of leading, beside showing the most complete indifference to personal danger.
8 Sep 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 21st Infantry Battalion
9 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 3878, 21st Infantry Battalion, Battle of Poelcapelle, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3878 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-09

Biography contributed by Loretta Mcpherson

Frank McIntosh was left at a Childrens Home in Melbourne, we don't know the circumstances leading up to that event as yet.

At about the age of 10 he was taken to Whitfield to help out on a farm. Then when aged about 16 he was returned to the childrens home. Soon after, he was sent to Euroa in Victoria, where he became "one of them".

He never knew exactly where he was born and as far as he knew, he had no living blood relations.

His gravestone says it all, the enscription worded by families that knew him in the Euroa area - "IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR FRIEND"

Rest in Peace Frank McIntosh, we haven't forgotten you.

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