DONALDSON, Charles Bernard
| Service Number: | 1341 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 December 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wilcannia, New South Wales, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Wahroonga, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Civil Servant |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 20 July 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Plot 11, Row E, Grave 14 Rev. A.E. Talbot officiated Headstone inscription reads: Beloved son of George & Grace Donaldson of Vancluse Motto 'Promptus' , Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board, Wahroonga St Andrew's Anglican Church WW1 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1341, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 11 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1341, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1341, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Brother of John Ebenezer Donaldson who was killed in action on 11 August 1916 while serving with the 19th Battalion. Buried in the Etaples Military Cemetery; Plot 1, Row A, Grave 42 and George Shirley Donaldson MC and Grace Gertrude Dorothea Donaldson
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
He was a member of the Sydney University Scouts while he was studying Law
Son of Grace Gertrude Donaldson, Kintore Street, Wahroonga and the late George Donaldson and A. and Diploma in Economics and Commerce. Charles was educated at Sydney Grammar School and the University of Sydney, gaining a BA and Diploma in Economics and Commerce. Charles was enrolled in Law 111 and was working in the Crown Law Office.
Charles Donaldson was an Original Anzac having sailed on 11 February 1915, landing at Gallipoli on 25 April where he was killed at Lone Pine aged 24 years. He is buried in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac Turkey, Grave 11.E.14.
Charles Donaldson is remembered on the Honour Roll at St. Andrews Anglican Church Wahroonga.