Eric DONALDSON

DONALDSON, Eric

Service Number: 2243
Enlisted: 9 August 1917
Last Rank: Second Class Air Mechanic
Last Unit: Australian Flying Corps (AFC)
Born: Elsternwick, Victoria, 9 January 1898
Home Town: Elsternwick, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Natural causes (pneumonia), Sandringham, Victoria, 4 April 1964, aged 66 years
Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
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World War 1 Service

9 Aug 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2243
30 Oct 1917: Involvement Second Class Air Mechanic, 2243, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Oct 1917: Embarked Second Class Air Mechanic, 2243, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne
9 Jul 1919: Discharged Second Class Air Mechanic, 2243, Australian Flying Corps (AFC)

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Biography contributed by Julianne Ryan

Born:  9/1/1898 in Elsternwick, Victoria

Father George Donaldson (b.21/5/1857 Melbourne VIC - d. 23/6/1939) and
Mother Louisa Emma Susanna Donaldson (nee SEYLER) - (b.9/7/1858 St Kilda VIC - d.7/5/1932 Sale VIC),
living at 2 Archibald Street, Elsternwick, Victoria

Siblings:
Brother   George Donaldson IV (b.1885 - )
Brtoher   Roy Charles Donaldson (b.1887 - )
Sister      Hermione Donaldson (b.1888 -)
Sister      Louise Donaldson (b.1891 -)
Sister      Hariet Donaldson (b.1893 - )
Brother    Lloyd Donaldson (b.1895 -)

*** Eric was a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the
       Victorian Football League (1923). ***

Described on enlisting as 19 yrs old; single; Presbyterian

Previous service:   46th Infantry

Described on enlisting as 19yrs 7mths old; single; 5' 11" tall; 154 lbs;
fresh complexion; blue eyes; brown hair; Presbyterian

9/8/1917       enlisted in Melbourne, VIC

13/8/1917     appointed to 14th (August) reinforcements, Laverton Camp

1-5/9/1917    final leave, prior to embarking from Australia

30/10/1917   embarked from Port Melbourne, VIC, onboard HMAT A60 Aeneas
                    as a 2nd Air Mechanic, August 1917 Reinforcements

30/10/1917   appointed Vice Corporal onboard HMAT A60 Aeneas

27/12/1917   disembarked at Devonport, England

27/12/1917   appointed EDP/Corporal in Wendover, England

27/12/1917   reverts to 2nd Air Mechanic (2AM) on disembarkation

8/3/1918       marched out to 1st Wing Headquarters, Tetbury

18/7/1918     2nd Air Mechanic taken on strength of 7th Training Squadron
                    in Australian Flying Corp

6/5/1919       returned to Australia onboard Kaiser-I-Hind, ex England
16/6/1919     disembarked into Australia

9/7/1919       discharged from service

Medals:          British War medal (69849)

1924             worked as a Salesman in Melbourne, Victoria

1925             worked as a Writer of humorous sketches, Melbourne, Victoria

later lived in New South Wales, Australia

Daughter:     Judith Elma Donaldson (b.4/11/1925 Melbourne VIC - d. 27/12/1994 Buderim, QLD)

Last lived at 86 Bamfield Crescent, Sandringham, Victoria.

4/4/1964       passed away aged 66yrs of age from
                    Bronchopneumonia, Cerebral thrombosis & Coronary occlusion
buried in:       Springvale Crematorium, Springvale, Victoria

 

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan.  16/6/2016.  Lest we forget.

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