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William Aberdein MALCOLM

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MALCOLM William Aberdein. Major, Royal Army Medical Corps, attached. 1/11th, London Regiment. Born 6 June 1861 at Angus, Scotland to George and Helen Jamieson Malcolm, nee Rattray. 1861 aged 4 months residing with his parents and siblings at 3 Wellington Street, Dundee, Angus. 1871 residing with his parents and siblings at Inverlaw, Douglas terrace, Dundee. 1881 boarding at the home of Mrs Allen aged 71 in Edinburgh, occupation, medical student aged 20 years. October 1885 he married Helen Agnes Mason in Edinburgh, Scotland. 1901-1911 residing with his wife Helen Agnes and children at 421 Holloway Road, Islington, occupation physician and surgeon
At the time of his death his wife was residing 64a Anson Road, Tufnell Park, London N.7. Died of dysentery contracted at Gallipoli, 3rd October 1915, aged 54 years. His wife passed away in 1944 at Karori, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.
Wills and Admin, Ancestry - MALCOLM William Aberdein of 421 Holloway Road, Middlesex died 3 October 1915 at Malta. Probate 11 November 1915 to Harry Waddy stockbroker and Enoch Horace Holme esquire £2241.13s 11d.

At rest in Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. Plot B. Row XVIII. Row 01.

The following credited to www.ramc.com -

On 3 October 1915, Major William Aberdein Malcolm RAMC (TF) died in Malta of enteric fever contracted at the Dardanelles. He was the fourth son of George Malcolm of Dundee. He was educated at Edinburgh, where he graduated Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Master in Surgery (CM) in 1883. After filling the appointments of house-surgeon and general superintendent of the Ayr County Hospital, he became surgeon to the North Islington and Holloway Dispensary. He was successively anaesthetist, casualty officer, registrar, and clinical assistant in the skin department at the Great Northern Central Hospital. Malcolm was also medical officer to the Post Office, and honorary medical officer to the Charity Organization Society. He was a Fellow of the London Medical Society, a member of the Harveian Society, and a past president of the North London Medico–Chirurgical Society. He joined the 11th (County of London) Battalion of the London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles), as Lieutenant and Medical Officer on 21 October 1902, and attained the rank of Major on 21 November 1914.
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