Robert MCDONALD

MCDONALD, Robert

    Service Number: 587
    Enlisted: 26 August 1914, Kensington, NSW
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 3rd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Kotupna, Victoria, Australia, 15 February 1878
    Home Town: Echuca, Campaspe, Victoria
    Schooling: Echuca State School, Victoria
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Died of wounds, France, 3 August 1916, aged 38 years
    Cemetery: Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
    VIII. A. 167
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board
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    World War 1 Service

    26 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 587, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Kensington, NSW
    20 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 587, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    20 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 587, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
    25 Apr 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 587, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to foot. Evacuated to Egypt. Rejoined unit 20 May 1915.
    8 Aug 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 587, 3rd Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, No details. Evacuated to Egypt. Rejoined unit 3 November 1915.
    3 Dec 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Gallipoli
    17 Feb 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Egypt
    25 Jul 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 587, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , GSW to head. Evacuated to 13th General Hospital (Boulogne) where he died of his wounds on 3 August 1916.
    3 Aug 1916: Involvement Sergeant, 587, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 587 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-08-03

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    Biography

    Robert McDonald was the only son of James and Mary Ann McDonald .

    Robert was a farmer in the Echuca Shire and was working as a railway worker in the Golbourn area when war was declared. He was one of the first to enlist in the 3rd Battalion and saw action at Gallipoli on that first fateful day of th 24th April 1915. He was wounded and returned to Egypt to recover and was then sent to the front in France where he was killed in action on the 3rd of August 1916.

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