Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Conflict
- World War I (1914-1918)
- Date of Enlistment
- 30/07/1918
- Date of Discharge
- 31/12/1918
- Place of Enlistment
- Queanbeyan NSW
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Date of Birth
- 17/01/1889
- Place of Birth
- Majura ACT
- Address (at enlistment)
- Ainslie via Queanbeyan ACT
- Occupation
- Carpenter
- Next of Kin
- Hilda McIntosh (wife), Ainslie ACT
Unit and Rank Details
- Service Number
- 3036
- Final Rank
- Private
- Final Unit
- Composite Battalion
Commemoration
Queanbeyan RSL Wall of Remembrance, Crawford St, Queanbeyan NSW
Roll of Honour 1914-19 in Queanbeyan Masonic Centre, Crawford St, Queanbeyan NSW
Roll of Honour, St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Queanbeyan
Notes
Hector McIntosh was born at 'Malcolm Vale', Majura. He enlisted in August 1918 at Queanbeyan, entered camp at Liverpool on 1 October 1918 and was discharged on 31 December 1918 as a consequence of the end of hostilities. He was a foundation member of the Canberra Rifle Club in 1914 and lived at 'Callum Brae' (Gaelic for Malcolm Vale) near Symonston after the war. He had been alloted Block 110G in the Jerrabomberra sub-division of the Federal Territory's soldier settlement scheme in 1921 but added neighbouring blocks during the 1920s to create 'Callum Brae'. In 1934 he sold the property and moved to 'Glendon' near Murrumbateman. He died on 18 April 1957 near Murrumbateman and is buried at Yass Cemetery. The Hector McIntosh Rifle Range is named after him. He also enlisted for service during World War 2.
Description - height 6 feet ½ inch, chest 39 inches, dark complexion, brown eyes, brown hair, Presbyterian.
Sources
Rex Cross, 'Bygone Queanbeyan', 1980
National Library of Australia : Country Women's Association of NSW (Canberra Branch) History, 1959 (manuscript call no. NLA MS 734)
ACT Electoral Rolls 1916 to 1967 http://canberraheritageportal.org/default.php
Canberra Stories Group, 'Settlers' Stories: Why they came and settled in Canberra', 2000
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)
ACTA TL6268 Block 110G Woden and Block 56 City (Parts 1 & 2)
Queanbeyan Age - 17 September 1918