Murdock (Pomp) MCDONALD

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MCDONALD, Murdock

Service Number:	724
Enlisted:	22 November 1914, Oaklands, South Australia
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	3rd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Warooka, South Australia, 20 February 1891
Home Town:	Warooka, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, Egypt, 7 July 1916, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Port Said War Memorial Cemetery Grave 1151
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Warooka Memorial Hall Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

22 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 724, Oaklands, South Australia
2 Feb 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 724, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Hessen embarkation_ship_number: A45 public_note: ''
2 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 724, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, SS Hessen, Melbourne
2 Jul 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 724, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
1 Jun 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 724, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations, Bomb wound (leg)

Trooper MurdocK McDonald

Trooper Murdock (please note spelling of Murdock not Murdoch) Service No 724, 3rd Light Horse.
He lived at Warooka, Yorke Peninsular, South Australia prior to enlisting on the 23/11/1914. He and his older brother Alfred embarked from Melbourne aboard the SS Hessen on 2/2/1915. He arrived at the Dardenelles on 6/8/195 and joined the unit at Gallipoli on 6/8/1915. He embarked from Mudros to Alexandria on 26/12/1915 joining the Western Front Force on the 29/1915.
He was wounded on the 1/61916 and admitted to Port Said Hospital on 7/7/1916.

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