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MCPHERSON, Kenneth Roy
| Service Number: | 19185 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 July 1917, HMAT Persic, Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Prospect, South Australia, Australia, 10 March 1899 |
| Home Town: | Croydon Park, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fitter and Turner |
| Died: | 10 April 1941, aged 42 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor, Hindmarsh (Unknown Origin) WW1 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Jul 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 19185, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Persic, Sydney | |
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| 21 Mar 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 19185, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Oct 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 19185, 13th Field Ambulance, "The Last Hundred Days", Kenneth Roy McPherson marched in to the unit on 10 October 1918. They would not have known it but they were not going back into the line before he war ended. | |
| 4 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 19185, 13th Field Ambulance |
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KENNETH ROY MCPHERSON
Kenneth Roy McPherson, also known as ‘Curl’ - Private, №19185, 13th Field Ambulance.
Roy was the brother of Allan McPherson. Their parents were William Christie McPherson and Ida May McPherson of “Oruba”, 34 Tait Terrace, North Croydon, South Australia.
Roy and Allan were cousins of Frank Ball. Roy had another brother, William Geddes, and two sisters, Ida and Jean. Roy was born on 10 March 1899 at Prospect, South Australia and, like his older brother, was an apprentice fitter and turner. He had for five years been employed by the Australian Implement Company and was 18 years of age when he enlisted in the AIF at Adelaide on 30 July 1917.
He was 5 ft 8¼ in. and 120 lbs with a sallow complexion, blue eyes and fair hair. He gave his religious denomination as Congregational.
He had served four years in the Senior Cadets and Australian Citizens’ Forces. After initial training, he was posted to the Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC) at Mitcham, South Australia, on 16 January 1918.
He embarked from Sydney aboard the HMATA Persic (A34) on 21 March 1918 and arrived London on 24 May 1918. After five months further training at the AAMC Training Depot, Parkhouse, he was posted to France, via Fovant, on 4 October 1918 and attached to the Australian General Base Depot (AGBD) at Rouelles and then to the 3rd Australian General Hospital (AGH) at Abbeville. After the Armistice, he was attached to both the 12th and 13th Field Ambulance, returning to England on Quota 34 on 23 April 1919.
Roy did not immediately return to Australia. He was on 19 May 1919 granted extended leave with pay until 19 August 1919 for non-military employment as a fitter and turner at the Elderslee Dry Dock Limited, Goker, Glasgow. During this period, he and Frank Ball travelled together on the Clyde and Loch Lomond, Scotland. Absence without leave for five days from 3 September 1919 brought an admonishment and loss of five day’s pay. Roy embarked on the Port Denison on 25 September 1919, arriving at Port Adelaide on 10 November 1919. He was discharged from the AIF on 4 December 1919.
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