MCDONALD, John Frederick William
| Service Number: | 1131 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Arbroath, Scotland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Quarryman |
| Died: | Illness (Typhus), Cairo, Egypt, 21 April 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Kantara War Memorial Cemetery Gravesite no. 258 , Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Suez Canal, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Campbelltown WW1 Memorial, Magill Honour Board, Magill War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 1131, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Morea embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 26 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 1131, 9th Light Horse Regiment, RMS Morea, Adelaide | |
| 21 Apr 1918: | Involvement Trooper, 1131, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1131 awm_unit: 9th Australian Light Horse attached awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1918-04-21 |
John Frederick William McDonald
JOHN FREDERICK WILLIAM McDONALD
John Frederick William McDonald Reg. No 1131, was the son of John McDonald. He was born in Arbroath Scotland in 1879. He was a quarryman by trade. On the 18th of January 1915 he enlisted into the 9th Light Horse Regiment in South Australia. In his mid thirties, he left behind a wife, Florence Myrtle and five children. The five children were, two girls, Alice Myrtle, Florence Ethel Gertrude, and three boys, Hector James, Henry John, and Kenneth George. On the 26th of August 1915, he sailed on HMAT Morea, from Adelaide to Egypt. In Egypt he was transferred to the Military Police H.Q. He was temporary promoted to Corporal. On 28th April 1917 he was admitted to hospital, in Cairo, with appendicitis. He then was detached to rest camp in Port Said, Egypt, and then returned to his unit. On 19th April 1918 he was diagnosed with Typhus and died of that condition on 21st of April 1918. He was buried by the Army Chaplain, at Kantara War Cemetery Egypt, Row D grave 136.
https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/
https://sarcib.ww1.collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/soldier/john-frederick-william-mcdonald
Submitted 25 April 2016 by Campbelltown Library Volunteers (Digital Diggers)
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