MCDONALD, Neil Lamont
| Service Number: | 2060 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 February 1916, Brunswick, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ardmona, Vic., 8 February 1916 |
| Home Town: | Yannathan, Cardinia, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 14 May 1917, aged 1 year |
| Cemetery: |
Grevillers British Cemetery V B 10 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lang Lang & District Great War Honor Roll, Mooroopna Shepparton News Calendar & Pictorial Honour Roll of Fallen Heroes |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2060, 60th Infantry Battalion, Brunswick, Vic. | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 2060, 60th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 2060, 60th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 14 May 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 2060, 58th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2060 awm_unit: 58th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-05-14 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Charles Stuart and Margaret MCDONALD; husband of Matilda MCDONALD, 2 Haines Street, Glenferrie, Victoria
Three brothers also served in the A.I.F. Lieut L.J. McDonald Royal Flying Corp, accidently killed whilst serving his country. Signaller N.V. McDonald Pte R McDonald, stretcher bearer, A.I.F.
News has come through from France of the death of Private. N.L. McDonald, who died from wounds on the 14th May. He is the fifth son of Mr. and Mrs. McDonald, of Yannathan. He has two brothers at the front and one just lately gone into camp. He was married in March last year to Tilly, the only daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. McFarlane, late of Modella, but now living in Longwarry. Great sympathy is felt for his parents and widow in their sad loss.
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