MCLEOD, Donald
| Service Number: | 886 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gairlock, Scotland, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Tuncurry, Great Lakes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Prison Warder |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 4 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 886, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 886, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 886, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 4 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 886, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 28 and the son of Angus and Mary McLeod of Opinan, Aultbea, Scotland.
He is remembered on the Aultbea war memorial as a Sergeant.
Aultbea (Gaelic: An t-Allt Beithe) is a small fishing village in Weater Ross in the North-West Highlands of Scotland on the shores of Loch Ewe, about 30 km west of Ullapool.
Biography contributed by Michael Silver
Donald McLeod, who for two years was a warder at the Goulburn Gaol, has been killed in action at the Dardanelles. The deceased soldier was a native of the west coast of Rosshire (Scotland). He joined the service in Sydney, and was appointed to the Goulburn Gaol, afterwards being transferred to the Re-afforestation Camp at Tuncurry, where he was at the time of his enlistment. He was an unmarried man and his relations live in Scotland, it being understood that he had no relations at all in this country. The late Donald McLeod, who joined the staff of the Goulburn Gaol in 1913, was a man of tremendous physique. Stripped, he measured 6ft 2in, and with his boots on his height was 6ft 3in. He was a fine specimen of manhood, the whole of his body being proportionately built. He was between 28 and 29 years of age, and was held in high esteem, everyone, including the Governor of the Gaol, speaking highly of him. Altogether he was a fine-looking man, and news of his death was received with very great regret at the Gaol.
Source: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98841927
DARDANELLES HEROES. (1915, June 5). Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW : 1881 - 1940), p6.
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