Matthew Peter MCDONALD

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MCDONALD, Matthew Peter

Service Number:	1198
Enlisted:	20 January 1916, West Maitland, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	34th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wollombi, New South Wales, Australia, 2 October 1883
Home Town:	Wollombi, Cessnock, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Illness (war service related), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 7 September 1930, aged 46 years
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium
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World War 1 Service

20 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, West Maitland, New South Wales
2 May 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1198, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
2 May 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1198, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
18 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1198, 34th Infantry Battalion

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Biography

Born 1883 at Cockfighter Creek Wollombi. Enlisted in 20 Jan. 1916. Served in 34 Battalion AIF was gasses and injured by gunshot & shrapnel in France. Was returned to Austrlia in 1919, suffered some sort of head injury about the ship "City of York" and was admitted to the ships hospital suffering hallucinations. Upon the death of his father his mother lived with Peter who was a pensioner. He died in 1930 in Callen Park mental institution. Family lore indicated his death was conected with his military service and he suffered from gas poisoning.

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