Hector MCINTYRE

MCINTYRE, Hector

Service Number: Officer
Enlisted: 25 January 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Major
Last Unit: I ANZAC Corps Headquarters
Born: Port Campbell, Victoria, Australia, 1 January 1877
Home Town: Murrumbeena, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling: Port Campbell State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Grazier
Died: Killed In Action, Belgium, 1 October 1917, aged 40 years
Cemetery: The Huts Cemetery, ​Dickebusch, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Campbell War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

25 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, 13th Light Horse Regiment, Melbourne, Victoria
26 Jun 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, 13th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Vestalia embarkation_ship_number: A44 public_note: ''
26 Jun 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, 13th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Vestalia, Melbourne
4 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 13th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
16 Feb 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Major, I ANZAC Corps Headquarters
1 Oct 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Major, I ANZAC Corps Headquarters, Polygon Wood, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: I Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (I ANZAC) awm_rank: Major awm_died_date: 1917-10-01
Date unknown: Involvement 13th Light Horse Regiment

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"The sad news was received during the week that Major Hector McIntyre had been killed in action in France early this month. He was a son of Mr and Mrs H. McIntyre, former residents of the district, but now residing in East Malvern, and spent the greater part of his boyhood in Port Campbell. He left for the front over two years ago and has been engaged in a good deal of fighting since. He also went through the Boer War, attaining the rank of Lieutenant. He always had the reputation of being a very brave man and was well liked by the men under him. He was married only about a month before leaving for the front, and the deepest sympathy is felt for his young widow, and also his father and mother and the rest of the family in their bereavement." - from the Camperdown Chronicle 23 Oct 1917 (nla.gov.au)

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