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Macaw-T-C-Driver-10968

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Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

Lt T C Macaw of Edenhope in Maribyrnong Rd, Moonee Ponds

from Australian War Memorial. Collection http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/E01530

Macaw T C Driver 10968 Theodore Charles 25 ASC 24 Station manager Single C of E

Address: Moonee Ponds, Maribyrnong Rd, “Edenhope”

Next of Kin: Macaw, E, Mrs, mother, “Edenhope”, Maribyrnong Rd, Moonee Ponds

Enlisted: 16 Mar 1916

Embarked: A34 Persic 3 Jun 1916

T. C. MACAW enlisted on 1st March and embarked as Driver in 22nd A.A.S.C. on 3rd June 1916. He arrived in France on 26th November 1916 and took part in operations there till August 1917 when he was sent to Hazebrouck and to Cambridge for training for his commission which he received on 1st December 1917. He was transferred to 33rd Battalion and took part in further operations in France and Belgium from December 1917 to Armistice with 3rd Division throughout. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 12th April 1918 and, having returned to Australia on 30th April, his appointment was terminated on 14th June 1919.

War Services Old Melburnians 1914-18, p 341

This group of officers of the 36 Inf Bn includes Lt T C Macaw of "Edenhope" in Maribyrnong