Donald (Don) MCLEISH MID

MCLEISH, Donald

Service Number: 10766
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Warrant Officer Class 1
Last Unit: 3rd Divisional Train
Born: Yea, Victoria, Australia, 25 June 1891
Home Town: Yea, Murrindindi, Victoria
Schooling: Yea Primary School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Pneumonia, France, 25 February 1919, aged 27 years
Cemetery: Maubeuge (Sous-le-Bois) Cemetery
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Yea School No 699 Great War Roll of Honor, Yea War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

3 Jun 1916: Involvement Sergeant, 10766, 3rd Divisional Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
3 Jun 1916: Involvement Sergeant, 10766, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
3 Jun 1916: Embarked Sergeant, 10766, 3rd Divisional Train, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
3 Jun 1916: Embarked Sergeant, 10766, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
1 Jan 1919: Honoured Mention in Dispatches
25 Feb 1919: Involvement Warrant Officer Class 1, 10766, 3rd Divisional Train, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 10766 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Divisional Train awm_rank: Warrant Officer Class 1 awm_died_date: 1919-02-25

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Biography contributed by Val Sparnaay

When Donald D McLeish was born on 25 June 1891 in Yea, Victoria, his father, James, was 30 and his mother, Catherine, was 28. He had two brothers and two sisters. He died on 25 February 1919. at the age of 27, and was buried in Maubeuge, Nord, France.

Residence
1914 • High Street, Yea, Victoria, Australia
living with parents, occupation Labourer

Death
25 February 1919 • Sons La Bois, near Belgian Border
Pneumonic Flu Warrant Officer Bereavement Notice MR and Mrs. JAMES McLEISH and FAMILY desire to express their sincere THANKS for letters, cards, etc.,in their recent sad bereavement. Will all kind friends accept this intimation.

McLEISH.-On the 25th February, at Fifth Casualty Clearing Station, France, Warrant Officer Donald McLeish, dearly loved son of Mr. and Mrs. James McLeish, High Street, Yea "Duty nobly done

Memorial
Wednesday 25 February 1920
McLEISH -In sad and loving memory of our dear son and brother, N C , of the 3rd Divisional Train, who died in France, at the 5th Casualty Clearing Station on the 25th February 1919, from pneumonic influenza. Sunshine passes, shadows fall, Love and remembered

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