CAMERON, Ewen Colclough Beauchamp
| Service Number: | 762 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 14 January 1915, Place of Enlistment, Toowoomba, Queensland. |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 13th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 7 September 1889 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Pastoralist |
| Died: | Heart Disease , Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 16 June 1950, aged 60 years |
| Cemetery: |
Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, Queensland C Of E 1-6, Row 3, Grave No 47. |
| Memorials: | Toowoomba St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 762, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Place of Enlistment, Toowoomba, Queensland. | |
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| 9 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 762, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itria embarkation_ship_number: A53 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 762, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Itria, Brisbane | |
| 29 Dec 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Light Horse Regiment | |
| 27 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, 13th Machine Gun Company | |
| 25 Jul 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 13th Machine Gun Company | |
| 14 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 13th Machine Gun Company | |
| 1 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant | |
| 15 Jan 1918: | Promoted Captain, Special Service List, Imperial Army. |
Captain Ewen Colclough is Cameron.
Cameron, Ewen Colclough (Matte) (1889–1950)
"In the passing of Ewan [Ewen] Colclough Beauchamp Cameron, the West, and indeed Queensland has lost one of its most colorful identities," says the Cunnamulla "Watchman".
"Matte" Cameron as he was popularly known, died in hospital in Toowoomba on 16th June at the age of 60 years. A noted scholar and athlete he narrowly missed being elected the States Rhodes Scholar in 1908, he was considered a certainty for that honour the following year, but circumstances ruled otherwise.
He served on Galllipoli in the First World War and later in France was severely wounded. He rose to the rank of Captain and served with a picked body of men known as the "Dunstan Force"[Dunsterforce] which was sent to Baku in Russia and had an adventurous career.
He was a member of a large family. Mr. K. B. Cameron of "Bullamon Plains" Thallon being a brother.
Submitted 30 July 2022 by Lynette Turner
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