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MACDONALD, Robert Bruce

Service Numbers:	2349, 5005
Enlisted:	1 October 1914, Broadmeadows, Victoria
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer Class 1
Last Unit:	10th Australian Army Service Corps
Born:	Warrnambool, Victoria, 1881
Home Town:	Port Fairy, Moyne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Soldier
Died:	Natural causes (pneumonia), Kyneton, Victoria, 21 June 1930
Cemetery:	Kyneton Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Jan 1902:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lance Corporal, 2349, 4th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse

World War 1 Service

1 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5005, Broadmeadows, Victoria
1 Nov 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant
2 Feb 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5005, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Train, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Chilka embarkation_ship_number: A51 public_note: ''
2 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5005, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Train, HMAT Chilka, Melbourne
3 Jan 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major
27 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 5th Divisional Train
30 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 1, 5005, 10th Australian Army Service Corps

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