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DONALDSON, Frederick

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	24 March 1916
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 18 May 1881
Home Town:	Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Queensland State School Judicial College Education
Occupation:	Commission (General) Agent
Died:	Infulenza and Pneumonia, No 2 Stationary Hospital, Abbeville, France, 23 October 1918, aged 37 years
Cemetery:	Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension Burial reference: - Plot IV. Row J. Grave 6. Personal Inscription: - "IN FOND MEMORY OF A BELOVED FATHER AND BROTHER HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE".
Memorials:	Sandgate War Memorial

World War 1 Service

24 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 3rd Division Cyclist Company
18 May 1916:	Involvement Lieutenant, 3rd Division Cyclist Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
18 May 1916:	Embarked Lieutenant, 3rd Division Cyclist Company, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
23 Oct 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, 9th Infantry Battalion, Died from Influenza and Pneumonia.

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

Son of John DONALDSON and Isabella nee CARRUTHERS