Duncan MACDONALD

MACDONALD, Duncan

Service Number: 755
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 20th Infantry Battalion
Born: Glen Urquhart, Inverness-shire, Scotland., date not yet discovered
Home Town: Woollahra, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Butler
Died: Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 10 November 1915, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli
Grave reference: I. G. 1., Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

25 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 755, 20th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 755, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

20th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

He was the son of Duncan and Janet Macdonald, of Loom Cottage, Lewiston, Drummadrochit, Inverness, Scotland.

He is one of two Australian soldiers of the Great War commemorated on the Glen Urquhart War Memorial at Drummadrochit, Inverness-shire, Scotland. The other is Private John MacLean, also born at Glen Urquhart.