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MCDONALD, George Edward

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	3 September 1914
Last Rank:	Major
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Stawell, Victoria, Australia, 25 December 1880
Home Town:	Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Master Sign Writer
Died:	Natural causes, Paddington, New South Wales, Australia, 5 June 1955, aged 74 years
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Cremated
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World War 1 Service

3 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 3rd Infantry Battalion
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
27 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Bullet wound left upper arm (compound fracture of humerus)
20 May 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 3rd Infantry Battalion
12 Dec 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, 3rd Infantry Battalion, SS Star of Englnad, Portland for return to Australia - unfit for general duties.
8 Nov 1916:	Involvement Captain, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Nicholson embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
8 Nov 1916:	Embarked Captain, 1st Infantry Battalion, SS Port Nicholson, Sydney
21 Oct 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Major, 3rd Infantry Battalion
11 Jul 1919:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches
8 Aug 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Major, 3rd Infantry Battalion

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