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MCDONALD, Charles Innes
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2446 |
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Enlisted: | 19 February 1916 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Crookwell, New South Wales, Australia, 1889 |
Home Town: | Crookwell, Upper Lachlan Shire, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Crookwell Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crookwell War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
19 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2446, 56th Infantry Battalion | |
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30 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2446, 56th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
30 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2446, 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney | |
26 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2446, 56th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, On 26 September 1917, two Australian Infantry Divisions lost 5,770 men in Belgium during the Battle of Polygon Wood. Private C. I. McDonald was killed in this action. His name is listed in the Menin Gate Memorial with other missing casualties of the Ypres sector. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Michelle Leihn
Charles Innes McDonald
Born: 13 May 1889 - Reg. Crookwell, NSW Australia
Charles Innes McDonald is my dist. cousin.
Charles is a direct descendant of James Squire (Convict - 1st Fleet - Charlotte 1788)
James Squire being his 2 x GGrandfather.
Family Photo and Family History - Michelle Leihn