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MCMULLEN, Alfred Oswald
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2435 |
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Enlisted: | 29 August 1914 |
Last Rank: | Major |
Last Unit: | 1st Division Artillery |
Born: | Scone, New South Wales, Australia, 26 April 1885 |
Home Town: | Upper Rouchel, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Grazier |
Died: | Natural causes, Scone, New South Wales, Australia, 19 April 1960, aged 74 years |
Cemetery: |
Rouchel Brook Cemetery, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales Australia |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
29 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 2435, Divisional Ammunition Column | |
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1 Sep 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, Divisional Ammunition Column | |
23 Sep 1914: | Involvement Sergeant, 2435, Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Southern embarkation_ship_number: A27 public_note: '' | |
23 Sep 1914: | Embarked Sergeant, 2435, Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Southern, Sydney | |
16 Aug 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Field Artillery Brigade | |
8 Dec 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Field Artillery Brigade | |
21 Jul 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, Shrapnel wounds face | |
1 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 1st Field Artillery Brigade | |
1 Jan 1918: | Honoured Military Cross, For consistent good work and devotion to duty from 26th February to 29 September 1917, particularly during the advance through Bapaume and Fremicourt in March 1917 when commanding his battery with dash and coolness, he brought fire to bear wherever required and rendered most valuable assistance to the infantry. | |
23 Oct 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Major, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade | |
13 Apr 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Major, 1st Division Artillery, HT Wyreema, England for return to Australia - disembarking Sydney 3 June 1919 |
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