CAMERON, Ian
| Service Numbers: | 2683, V80363 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 October 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Depot Unit of Supply, 11th Army Service Corps |
| Born: | Bairnsdale, Victoria, 7 May 1889 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | The Geelong College, Wesley College |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | 21 August 1948, aged 59 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Geelong College WW1 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 2683, 2nd Depot Unit of Supply, 11th Army Service Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 2683, 2nd Depot Unit of Supply, 11th Army Service Corps, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne |
World War 2 Service
| 4 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, V80363 |
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CAMERON, Ian (1889-1948)
Ian Cameron was born at Bairnsdale on 7 May 1889, the son of Alexander Renton McLean Cameron and Marian Elizabeth nee Hope, of Queensland. He was enrolled by Dr T C Hope of 'Raith', Geelong at Geelong College from 1904 to 1905 and then Wesley College, Melbourne from 1906.
During World War I, he served in the Victorian Scottish Regiment prior to enlistment (No 2683) in the 8th Light Horse, AIF at Bellevue Camp, Western Australia, on 21 September 1914, and embarked for Egypt on HMAT A35 Berrima on 22 December 1914, and then Gallipoli.
In the Commanding Officer’s list of 6 July 1915 he was highly recommended:
'For valuable assistance rendered on the night of 6 July as HMT Santara was leaving Imbros Harbour for Cape Helles, when some netting became foul of her propellers. Private Cameron rendered valuable assistance, he was in the water for four hours, repeatedly diving overboard to clear the propellers, anything but an easy matter on a dark night.'
After the Evacuation from Gallipoli, he went to Egypt where he suffered a gunshot wound to the thigh and foot at Hod Hassane (Romani) on 9 August 1916 as reported by Cpl Bill McElwee in Maygar’s Boys:
'He was hit in the foot while the Turks were trying to surround us on the 9th August. He was running along about ten yards from me when he got a bullet from one of the machine guns in the foot. One of the troop who was nearer than myself helped him out to the horses.'
He was admitted to 3rd AGH, Cairo on 11 August, and returned to Australia on HMT Ascanius, embarking on 2 September 1916, he was discharged on 31 March 1917. He died on 24 August 1948.
His cousin, Sergeant Leslie Marsden Hope, an Old Geelong Grammarian, of Condobolin and Yass, NSW, 2nd Battalion, was killed at Polygon Wood on 20 September 1917. He has no known grave. His name is commemorated on The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
Source : The Geelong College - http://gnet.geelongcollege.vic.edu.au:8080/wiki/CAMERON-Ian-1889-1948.ashx?HL=cameron