Sir Donald Mackinnon CLELAND CBE, MID*

CLELAND, Donald Mackinnon

Service Number: WX40
Enlisted: 25 October 1939
Last Rank: Colonel
Last Unit: 1st Australian Corps Headquarters
Born: Coolgardie, Western Australia, 28 June 1901
Home Town: Claremont, Western Australia
Schooling: Guildford Grammar School, Western Australia
Occupation: Solicitor and Barrister
Died: Natural causes, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 27 August 1975, aged 74 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

25 Oct 1939: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Colonel, WX40
30 Dec 1941: Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre
16 Apr 1942: Honoured Member of the Order of the British Empire, Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre, For distinguished service in the Middle East
27 Apr 1944: Honoured Mention in Dispatches
23 Mar 1945: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Colonel, WX40, 1st Australian Corps Headquarters
24 Mar 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Colonel, WX40
19 Jul 1945: Honoured Commander of the Order of the British Empire, For distinguished service in the south-west Pacific

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