DONALDSON, John Ebenezer
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 11 August 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Etaples Military Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board, Sydney Hospital Staff of Active Service Honor Roll, Wahroonga St Andrew's Anglican Church WW1 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Lieutenant, 19th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Lieutenant, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 11 Aug 1916: | Involvement Captain, 19th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 19 Battalion awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1916-08-11 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
He was husband of Katherine of Kintore 'Road' Wahroonga. He was educated at Sydney Grammar School and University Sydney graduating with an M.B.
He was a member of Sydney University Scouts, gained a rowing Blue and was a champion heavyweight boxer.
He joined the Australian Army Medical Corps in the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Forced which aimed to put German wireless stations in the Pacific out of action. He was discharged in 1915 and listed as a combatant, appointed to the 19th Battalion as Lieutenant on 8th June, serving there until the evacuation. He landed in France in March 1916, promoted to Captain and fought at Fleurbaix and Posieres where he was severely wounded on 26th July. He died of wounds and was buried in Etaple Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, Grave 1.A.42.
Sister Katherine Minnie Donaldson was in Australian Army Nursing Service and received award of Associate of the Royal Red Cross. Another brother, Lieutenant George Shirley Donalds, M.C., served with the 55th Battalion. Captain John Donaldson is remembered on the Honour Roll at St. Andrews Anglican Church
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