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MACROSTIE, Donald Hector
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2939 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 July 1915, 1 year Cadets |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia, January 1897 |
| Home Town: | Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Orchardist |
| Died: | Tasmania, Australia, 29 June 1972, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 23 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2939, 12th Infantry Battalion, 1 year Cadets | |
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| 27 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2939, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2939, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 7 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Sep 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2939, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, SW left thigh carrying a wounded Pte 5120 Alfred John Jones | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2939, 52nd Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, SW right leg | |
| 24 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2939, 52nd Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, GSW hand (head and knee) | |
| 2 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2939, 52nd Infantry Battalion, 6th MD - 3x wounded in action |
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From François Berthout
On September 4, 1916, the 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion was ordered to attack Mouquet Farm and capture Fabeck Graben, but during the charge Pte Alfred John Jones #5120 was hit by a machine gun bullet. Wounded but conscious, he was attempted to be saved and brought back to the Australian lines on the back of Pte 2939 Donald Hector Macrostie but were both hit by a shell which killed Alfred and injured Donald.
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