Cameron, Ian Alistair
Rank: Private
Regiment: 32nd Battalion Australian Imperial Force
Biography: Son of James Cameron, Banchory ; born there, 2 June 1894; educated Banchory Public School ; student in Agriculture, 1911-12. After a session in the Agricultural Department he returned to agricultural work near Banchory and in 1913 emigrated to Australia. In 1915 he enlisted in the 32nd Battalion Australian Imperial Force with which he spent a time in Egypt. He then proceeded to France, but had only been there about three weeks when he was killed in action at the Battle of the Somme, 19 July 1916.
Date of Death: 19 July 1916
Burial Details: Name recorded on the V.C. Corner Memorial Fromelles, Panel 5, Column 1.
Publication: Roll of Service, edited by Mabel Desborough Allardyce. Published 1921.
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