URQUHART, Donald Morris
| Service Number: | 2430 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 44th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Narracan Gully, Victoria, Australia, 1878 |
| Home Town: | Wooroloo, Mundaring, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fitter |
| Died: | Mount Hawthorn, Western Australia, 3 December 1954, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Presbyterian area, Section KA, Grave 0076 |
| Memorials: | Boulder Roll of Honor, West Subiaco Roll of Honour, Wooroloo Rifle Club & Residents WW1 Roll of Honour Board 2, Wooroloo Rifle Club WW1 Roll of Honor Board 1 |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2430, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: '' | |
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| 13 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2430, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Macquarie, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Donald Urquhart and Mary Sibbald Urquhart nee Morris of Narracan, Victoria.
Husband of Eveline Urquhart nee May of Gloster Street, Subiaco, WA. Donald and Eveline married in Boulder, WA, during 1904c.
20 June 1916 - enlisted at Perth, WA, with the 44th Battalion and with the rank of Private.
8 June 1917 - wounded in action. Severe facial damage to the facial bones, developed tetanus .
20 December 1917 - commenced return to Australia aboard HT Runic disembarking on 6 February 1918
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
2 August 1918 - discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to wounding