MACDONALD, Walter Russell
| Service Number: | 2174 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 April 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Oban, Scotland, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor Mechanic |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 18, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2174, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 16 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2174, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2174, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Allen MacDonald of Drinvargie House, Oban, Scotland. Brother of Teresa MacDonald of 83 Birchgrove Road, Balmian, NSW and Harry MacDonald of Engine Drawing Office, Cockatoo Island, NSW
Served a 3 year apprenticeship as a Marine Engineer
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Member of the Oban Boys Brigade
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
His date of death has not been ascertained with certainty, but it is known to have occurred between 6th and 9th August 1915. He is one of five Australian Great War casualties remembered on the Oban War Memorial. Here his name is spelled MacDonald and that is how he is recorded by CWGC.
Oban (An t-Òban in Scottish Gaelic meaning The Little Bay) is a resort town within the Argyll and Bute council area of Scotland. Despite its small size, it is the largest town between Helensburgh and Fort William.
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