MCDONALD, Archibald
| Other Name: | MACDONALD, Archibald Burns - Burial/Headstone Information |
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| Service Number: | 149 |
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | East Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Kelsey Creek, Queensland, Australia, 30 July 1969, cause of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Proserpine General Cemetery, Qld NP3 GRAVE 135 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Sep 1914: | Involvement Private, 149, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: '' | |
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| 24 Sep 1914: | Embarked Private, 149, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane |
Archie
Archibald was born in East Brisbane to Evans Burns & Elizabeth (Simpson). His occupation was a butcher's labourer. He enlisted in Brisbane on 3.9.1914 & 21 days later he was aboard the "Omrah A5" bound for Alexandria, Egypt.
He landed on Gallipoli on 25.4.1915 with the 9th Battalion. On 20.8.1915, he was evacuated to Malta with dysentery, and then to England on 2.9.1915.
On 3.9.1916, he married Edith Emma Siggers at St. John's Church, Paddington, England.
In May 1917, he was wounded by burns during an attack on the Hindenburg Line, France. He was medically discharged on 18.7.1918.
Archibald divorced Edith in 1945 & on 2.2.1948, he married Annie Alberta Elizabeth Shaw in Bowen. He passed away in Kelsey Creek on 30.7.1969 age of 77 years.
Submitted 12 April 2026 by Lyn Burke
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