DONALD, John Beeston
| Service Number: | 7037 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 July 1917, 6 mths as Cadet, Naval Reserve |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia, 4 October 1899 |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Newcastle High School and Hamilton Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Wounds, 47th Casualty Clearing Station, at Morlancourt, France, 24 May 1918, aged 18 years |
| Cemetery: |
Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-sur-Somme |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Hamilton War Memorial, Newcastle High School Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jul 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7037, 17th Infantry Battalion, 6 mths as Cadet, Naval Reserve | |
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| 31 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 7037, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Oct 1917: | Embarked Private, 7037, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
105 years ago today, at 8.30 A.M. on the 24th May 1918, Private John Beeston Donald, referred to as Jack, 17th Battalion (Reg No-7037), pharmacy student (clerk), from "Dumferline", Tudor Street, Hamilton, New South Wales, Died of Wounds at the 47th Casualty Clearing Station (machine gun bullet through the neck), at Morlancourt, France, age 18 years 7 months.
Born at Hamilton, New South Wales on the 4th October 1899 to Robert Campbell (died 30.6.1932, age 65) and Elizabeth Janet Donald nee Coutts (died 4.9.1940, age 74) corner of Park and Lawson Streets, Hamilton South, N.S.W. and Blackall Street, Hamilton, N.S.W., Jack enlisted on the 25th July 1917 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A14 Euripides on the 31st October 1917.
Wounded in action - 24.5.1918 (bullet to neck).
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article159100259 - the 409th Australian Casualty list, DIED OF WOUNDS, Pte. JOHN BEESTON DONALD, Hamilton, May 24, 1918.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137488916 - report of medal presentation to Jack's parents at the Hamilton Mechanics' Institute.
Jack is resting at Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-Sur-Somme, France. Plot II Row C Grave 21.
Unfortunately, Jack has not been remembered on the Newcastle Morning Herald Roll of Honour.
Mr. Donald’s name has been inscribed on the Hamilton Municipal District Roll of Honor, Hamilton (Gregson Park) War Memorial, Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honor, Hamilton Mechanics' Institute Roll of Honour, Newcastle High School Honour Roll, Scotts Kirk (Hamilton) Roll of Honour and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
Place of Association – Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
George Donald (born 25.5.1897, Hamilton, N.S.W., to Richard and Frances M Donald, ironmonger from Tudor Street, Hamilton, New South Wales, enlisted 5.9.1915, 30th Battalion, Reg No-2016, RTA 24.7.1919, 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, died 6.11.1925, age 28) resting same location - PRESBYTERIAN-5SE. 4.
I have placed poppies at the Donald memorialised gravesite in remembrance of Jack’s service and supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country. PRESBYTERIAN-5SE. 6.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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