John MACDONALD (MCDONALD)

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MACDONALD (MCDONALD), John

Service Numbers:	70, 939, 1083
Enlisted:	12 February 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Ipswich, Queensland, 17 March 1877
Home Town:	Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station hand
Died:	Natural causes, Caboolture, Queensland, 29 January 1960, aged 82 years
Cemetery:	Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld ANZ-9-6-4
Memorials:	Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall Great War

Boer War Service

1 Jan 1900:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 70, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry
9 Jan 1902:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 939, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse

World War 1 Service

12 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1083, Brisbane, Queensland
20 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1083, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
20 Aug 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1083, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Shropshire, Brisbane
26 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1083, 5th Light Horse Regiment

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Biography contributed by Paul Widdup

Born in Ipswich, Qld., John MacDonald enlisted on 12 Feb 1915 with the 5th Light Horse just shy of his 38th Birthday. John was also a Boer War Veteran who was number 70 in the Queensland Mounted Infantry and also number 939 in the Australian Commonwealth Corps and awarded QSA with 3 bars. Discharged 26th December 1919 and died in a veteran’s hospital in Caboolture 1960

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