Keith Gordon MCDONALD MC

MCDONALD, Keith Gordon

    Service Numbers: 560, Commissioned Officer
    Enlisted: 25 August 1914
    Last Rank: Captain
    Last Unit: 59th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Hamilton , 22 August 1885
    Home Town: Hamilton, Southern Grampians, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Bank Manager
    Died: Natural Causes - but detailed extensively in his service record, Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 16 August 1956, aged 70 years
    Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
    Memorials: Newtown Aberdeen Street Baptist Church Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    25 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 560, 5th Infantry Battalion
    21 Oct 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 560, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 560, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    9 May 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 5th Infantry Battalion
    6 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 560, 5th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli
    15 Aug 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 7th Infantry Battalion
    15 Aug 1915: Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 7th Infantry Battalion
    15 Aug 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 7th Infantry Battalion
    2 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 59th Infantry Battalion
    9 Mar 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 59th Infantry Battalion
    30 May 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 59th Infantry Battalion
    18 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, Commissioned Officer, 59th Infantry Battalion, "Kinfauna Castle" Alexandria to Marseilles
    19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, Commissioned Officer, 59th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
    20 Jul 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, Commissioned Officer, 59th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), GSW Shoulder
    2 Apr 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, Commissioned Officer, 59th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages
    2 Apr 1917: Honoured Military Cross, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages
    2 Apr 1917: Honoured Military Cross, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages
    6 Jul 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, Commissioned Officer, 59th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", Slight wound remained on Duty
    22 Mar 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, Commissioned Officer, 59th Infantry Battalion

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