MCLEOD, Donald
| Service Number: | 1873 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 May 1916, Seymour, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 37th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Rushworth, Victoria, March 1898 |
| Home Town: | Rushworth, Campaspe, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Rushworth St. Paul's Church of England Great European War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 27 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1873, Seymour, Victoria | |
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| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1873, 37th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 1873, 37th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1873, 37th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stuart Briscoe
"...1873 Private Donald McLeod, 37th Battalion, of Rushworth, Vic. A labourer prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 2nd Reinforcements from Melbourne aboard RMS Orontes on 16 August 1916. Proceeding to France in February 1917, Pte McLeod was accidentally wounded in the left foot while undertaking Lewis gun training the following month. After hospital treatment in England he returned to his unit on the Western Front in September 1917. During the battle of Passchendaele on 12 October 1917, Pte McLeod was reported missing in action. Following a Court of Enquiry in 1918, Pte McLeod was officially listed as killed in action on 12 October 1917. He has no known grave, and his name is listed on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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