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MCRAE, Donald Alexander (Ronald)
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3154 |
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Enlisted: | 14 June 1916, Broadmeadow, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd Pioneer Battalion |
Born: | Mitchells Flat, New South Wales, 16 August 1886 |
Home Town: | Cessnock, Cessnock, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 21 October 1917, aged 31 years |
Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
14 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3154, Broadmeadow, New South Wales | |
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23 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3154, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
23 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3154, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
21 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3154, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, Shell wound (legs and thigh) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
Embarkation Roll (www.awm.gov.au) has incorrectly recorded Christian Name as RONALD