Donald McPherson TEASDALE

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TEASDALE, Donald McPherson

Service Number:	760
Enlisted:	7 December 1914, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kangaroo Flat, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Castlemaine, Mount Alexander, Victoria
Schooling:	Castlemaine Grammar School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Killed in Action, Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium, 4 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Kangaroo Flat Soldiers Memorial, St. Kilda East All Saints Anglican Church Mausoleum Memorial, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

World War 1 Service

7 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 760, 21st Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 760, 24th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 760, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
10 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 760, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
29 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 760, 21st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
20 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 760, 21st Infantry Battalion, Menin Road
4 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 760, 21st Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge
4 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 760, 21st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 760 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-04

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Donald McPherson TEASDALE snr, 22 Gertrude Street, Windsor, Vic.

TEASDALE. — Officially reported killed in action on 4th October, 1917 (previously reported missing). No. 700, Pte. Donald McPherson Teasdale, 21st Battalion, after two years and five months' service abroad; the dearly loved eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Teasdale, of 11, Elm-grove, Windsor, and formerly of Bendigo, and loving brother of Mollie, Ethel and Alex., and brother-in-law of Lieut. H. W. Healop, of the Imperial Royal Engineers (on active service), and of J. J. Laury, of St. Arnaud, and loving uncle of little Don Heslop, aged 27 years.
So dearly loved, so deeply mourned.
One of Australia's best.
— Inserted by his sorrowing parents, brothers and sisters.

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