Archibald Campbell MACADAM MM

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MACADAM, Archibald Campbell

Service Numbers:	5658, N202315
Enlisted:	9 February 1915, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	18th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Bearsden, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, 28 June 1893
Home Town:	Surry Hills, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Driver / Shire Clerk
Died:	Illness, Tumut, New South Wales, Australia, 5 July 1974, aged 81 years
Cemetery:	Tumut New Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia RC New Section RR 16-17
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

9 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5658, Sydney, New South Wales
9 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5658, 7th Australian Army Service Corps, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
9 Apr 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5658, 7th Australian Army Service Corps
22 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5658, 7th Australian Army Service Corps, ANZAC / Gallipoli
18 Oct 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, Third Ypres, Gallant conduct and coolness under fire
10 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 5658, 4th Divisional Train

World War 2 Service

19 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Private, N202315, Tumut, New South Wales
16 Dec 1942:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, 18th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
26 Sep 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, N202315

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Biography contributed

Archibald Campbell MACADAM was born in Bearsden, Scotland on 28th June 1893

His parents were James & Margaret MACADAM

He married Isabel Margaret HALLORAN in Tumut in 1923

He served in both WW1 and WW2 & was awarded a Military Medal

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Two of his brothers also served

1. Mark Robert MACADAM (SN 5658)and (SN N202315)- awarded a Military Medal - served in both WW1 and WW2

2. Stephen Johnstone Ambrose MACADAM (SN NX29481) and (SN 610) served in both WW1 and WW2- died of illness in Sandakan Borneo whilst a prisoner of war on 3rd April, 1945

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