Alfred (Mick) MACDONALD

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MACDONALD, Alfred

Service Number:	725
Enlisted:	13 November 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	3rd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Warooka, South Australia, May 1889
Home Town:	Warooka, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, Egypt, 3 June 1916
Cemetery:	Port Said War Memorial Cemetery Grave 1118,
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

13 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 725, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Morphettville, South Australia
2 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Trooper, 725, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Hessen embarkation_ship_number: A45 public_note: ''
6 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 725, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
1 Jun 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 725, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations, Bomb wound (head)
3 Jun 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 725, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations, Died of Wounds

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Biography contributed by Cheryl Hart

"...725 Trooper Alfred McDonald, 3rd Australian Light Horse, of York Peninsula, SA. Tpr A McDonald enlisted on 13 November 1914 and embarked from Melbourne aboard SS Hessen on 2 February 1915. He died of wounds in Egypt on 3 June 1916 aged 27 years. Tpr A McDonald’s younger brother 724 Tpr Murdock McDonald enlisted on 23 November 1914 with 3rd Australian Light Horse. He embarked and sailed with his brother and was also killed in action in Egypt on 7 July 1916 aged 26 years." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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