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MCDONALD, Joseph Henry
Personal Details
Service Number: | 198 |
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Enlisted: | 1 February 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Homebush, Victoria, January 1896 |
Home Town: | Maryborough, Central Goldfields, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Metal Polisher |
Died: | Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 29 October 1915 |
Cemetery: |
Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
1 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 198, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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10 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 198, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
10 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 198, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
29 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 198, 22nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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"...198 Private Joseph Henry McDonald, 22nd Battalion. Pte McDonald enlisted on 8 February 1915 in Maryborough, Vic, and died of wounds on 29 October 1915 at Gallipoli, aged 19. He is commemorated on Memorial Panel 97 in Ari Burnu Cemetery in Turkey." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)