MCDONALD, Thomas David
| Service Number: | 1201 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 18 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia, October 1892 |
| Home Town: | Minmi, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Minmi, New South Wales, Australia, 10 February 1959, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 4-26. 21. |
| Memorials: | Minmi Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1201, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1201, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1201, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
| 7 Jul 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1201, 13th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, GSW right thigh | |
| 5 Oct 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
| 27 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1201, 13th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, now resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
62 years ago today, on the 12th February 1960, Lance Corporal Thomas David McDonald, 13th Battalion (Reg No-1201), labourer from Church Street, Minmi, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 67. METHODIST 4-26. 21.
Born at Hamilton, New South Wales about 1892 to Thomas and Helen McDonald; husband of Nancy McDonald nee Bough (married 1920, Adamstown, N.S.W., died 1973, sleeping here), Thomas enlisted December 1915 with the 35th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 4.4.1916 (scabies), 24.12.1916 (sore feet), 7.2.1917 (urticaria), 19.2.1917 (diarrhoea, scabies), 30.4.1917 (scabies), 30.1.1918 (scabies), 8.4.1918 (not stated).
Wounded in action - 7.7.1917 (GSW right thigh, severe, Battle of Messines).
Thomas returned home June 1919, being discharged on the 27th July 1919.
Mr. McDonald’s name has been inscribed on the Minmi Roll of Honour (photos, unveiled on the 21st December 1917, 93 names originally inscribed, 146 names now inscribed, 11 Fallen).
There is no indication inscribed on Thomas’s headstone plaque of his service with the 1st A.I.F., so I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label in remembrance of his sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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