David Charles MCDONALD

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MCDONALD, David Charles

Service Number:	675
Enlisted:	22 July 1915, Keswick, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Hallett, South Australia, 17 March 1896
Home Town:	Hallett, Goyder, South Australia
Schooling:	Hallett Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 2 November 1916, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Heilly Station Cemetery Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burra District WW1 Honor Roll, Hallett War Memorial, Spalding Honour Roll WW1

World War 1 Service

22 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 675, Keswick, South Australia
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 675, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 675, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
2 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 675, 8th Machine Gun Company, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 675 awm_unit: 8th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-11-02

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"THE LATE PRIVATE D. C. McDONALD.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles McDonald, of Hallett, have been notified that their second son, Private David Charles McDonald, died of wounds received in France on November 2. He enlisted in July, 1915, and was attached to a machine gun section, and left South Australia in November. Private McDonald celebrated his 20th birthday while in Egypt." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 25 Nov 1916 (nla.gov.au)

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