Allan Stuart MACPHERSON MC

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MACPHERSON, Allan Stuart

Service Numbers:	Officer, N289146
Enlisted:	20 October 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 25 April 1893
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Station Overseer
Died:	Illness, Armidale, New South Wales, 4 March 1961, aged 67 years
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

20 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 5th Field Artillery Brigade
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked Lieutenant, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Sydney
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement Lieutenant, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
8 Nov 1917:	Honoured Military Cross
11 Jul 1919:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches
29 Aug 1919:	Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Major, Officer

World War 2 Service

14 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N289146
14 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, N289146, 6th (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Denman, NSW
17 Sep 1945:	Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, N289146, 6th (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Allan Stuart MacPHERSON was born in Brisbane, Queensland on 25th April, 1893

His parents were John MacPHERSON & Helen Fyfe LOVE who married in Queensland on 6th April, 1889

He maried Helen Beatrice OSBORNE in Sydney in 1924

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WW1 details

Allan enlisted on 20th October, 1915 and embarked as a Lieutenant with the 5th Field Artillery Brigade, 15th Battery from Sydney on the HMAT Persic on 18th November, 1915

He was promoted to Lieutenant on 1st March, 1916 and to Captain on 1st September, 1917 and also held the rank of Major (date unknown) He served with the 3rd, 5th & 15th Field Artillery

He returned to Australia on 15th May, 1919 and was discharged on 29th August, 1919

HONOURS & AWARDS

He was awarded the Military Cross on 8th November, 1917

"For conspicuous gallantry & devotion to duty. An enemy shell ignited an ammunition dump. He at once jumpped into the pit and with his hands pulled out the burning cartridges, threw earth on the fire and succeeded in extinguishing it, this averting a serious catastrophie"

He was also mentioned in dispatches on 11th July, 1919 (see links)

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WW2 details

Allan enlisted in Denman, NSW on 14th August, 1942 - he was a Private with the 6th Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (Part time duty) and was discharged on 17th September, 1945

Alan died in Hospital on 4th March, 1961 late of Colomendy Homestead, Armidale, NSW (registered in Armidale) & was cremated in Northern Suburbs Crematorium

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His son John Stuart MacPHERSON (SN 439480) served in the Royal Australian Air Force during WW2 and lost his life on 6th October, 1944 in a Flying Battle

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