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First Aussie To Die in WWI Recognised

Posted by admin on Jul 10, 2014

The name of the soldier who may well be the first Australian killed in World War I has been added to the Australian War Memorial’s commemorative roll, nearly 100 years after he was killed in action.

Australian-born Lt William Malcolm Chisholm was serving in a British uniform when he was wounded in the Battle of Le Cateau, on August 26, 1914, just three days after arriving in France, and died the next day, aged 22.

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