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MCDONALD, Robert
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3082 |
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Enlisted: | 16 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Moyston, Victoria, Australia, 1888 |
Home Town: | Moyston, Ararat, Victoria |
Schooling: | Moyston State School, Victoria |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 11 April 1917 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Moyston War Memorial and Gate, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
16 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3082, 14th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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16 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3082, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
16 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3082, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
3 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 46th Infantry Battalion, Egypt | |
7 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3082, 46th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, SW to left arm. Evacuated to hospital (France). Rejoined unit 17 October 1916. | |
16 Dec 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 46th Infantry Battalion, France | |
11 Apr 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 3082, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3082 awm_unit: 46th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-11 |
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