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Pte. Frederick Christensen McNeil
British Army Scottish Horse Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Saltcoats, Ayrshire
Frederick McNeil was the half brother of my great grandfather John Duncan McNeil. Fred was the son of John McNeil (master joiner) and Amelia Lewis, and was born on 6th May 1893 at 44 Wellpark Rd., Saltcoats, Ayrshire.
He enlisted in the Scottish Horse Field Ambulance, RAMC in 1915 and landed with them at Suvla Bay on 1st Sep 1915. He later served with the 1/4th Essex Regiment, as part of the Imperial Camel Corps.
Fred (an accountant in peace time) married Dorothy Saunderson in Cairo on 6th Feb 1925, and they emigrated to New Zealand. Fred later served in the NZ Territorial Force with 2nd Battalion Wellington Regiment, and later as OC of 4 Guards Company, Featherstone Prisoner of War Camp (outside Wellington). Fred was discharged on 11th Oct 1945. He was awarded the Victory Medal, British War Medal, 1914-1915 Star, 1939-1945 War Medal, and the NZ 1939-1945 War Service Medal. Fred died on 3rd Jan 1972 in Auckland.

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