Skip to content Skip to footer
Town Hall, 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne
Town Hall, 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne

McCulloch, William Joseph (28313)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~M0Comments
Share

Place of Birth: North Melbourne, VIC

Age: 43 years 5 months

Enlistment Details: Monday, 8 May 1916 – Melbourne, VIC

Service Number: 28313            view online service record

Address:
c/o Police Station
Port Melbourne, VIC

Next of Kin:
Janet McCall (siser)
Burwood Road
Glenferrie, VIC

Embarkation Details:
Date: Wednesday, 25 October 1916
Ship: HMAT Ulysses A38
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 4th Field Artillery Battalion – 10th Reinforcements

Fate:
RTA: Monday, 12 May 1919
Discharged: Sunday, 10 August 1919

Bill McCulloch during his playing days at Collingwood. Photo courtesy Collingwood Football Club.

Bill McCulloch played VFL football for Melbourne (13 games, 1897-98) and Collingwood (12 games, 1901-02).

He was the local policeman in Port Melbourne when he enlisted and after the war served in South Melbourne before requesting a transfer back to Port.

Collingwood FC historian, Michael Roberts and Herald-Sun journalist, Glenn McFarlane have researched 57 Collingwood players who served at Gallipoli. You can view Bill’s extended biography at the Collingwood Forever website.

Bill McCulloch, Collingwood Forever, viewed 19 Apr 2016, http://forever.collingwoodfc.com.au/players/bill-mcculloch/

 

1916 ‘Port Constable Enlists.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 17 June, p. 2. , viewed 31 May 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91168748

1916 ‘SEND-OFF TO SOLDIERS.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 5 August, p. 4. , viewed 29 Jun 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91169049

1917 ‘ITEMS OF NEWS.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 13 October, p. 2. , viewed 12 Oct 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88369484

 

1918 ‘GNR, W. J. McCULLOCH.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 28 September, p. 3. , viewed 04 Sep 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88367118

You May Also Like

Duckers, A
August 27, 2014
Guley, Robert Archibald (5492)
August 24, 2014
Grant (Perazzo) – Brown Scandal
June 30, 2018

Leave a comment

PMHPS acknowledges the generous support of the City of Port Phillip.

 

The content of this site (images and text) must not be reproduced in any form without the prior consent of PMHPS or the copyright holder.

Acknowledgement of Traditional Custodians

We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we meet and work, the Bunurong Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation and pay respect to their Elders past, present and emerging.