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MCLEAY, Donald Alexander
Personal Details
Service Number: | 613 |
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Enlisted: | 25 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, 1888 |
Home Town: | Mascot, Botany Bay, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, Malta, 2 November 1915 |
Cemetery: |
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot 1, Row D, Grave 17 Rev. K. Single officiated Headstone inscription reads: In memory of our only brother who made the supreme sacrifice , Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey, Pieta Military Cemetery, Tal-Pieta, Malta (island), Malta |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
25 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 613, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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12 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 613, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
12 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 613, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Donald and Jessie Ida Mcleay. Next of kin given as his sister Annie Lonsdale of Botany Road, Mascot, NSW. Also brother of Alice Mayo and Lillian Klien
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal