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MCDONALD, Leslie
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 19858 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 January 1916, Allocated As Gunner/Driver to 30th Battery 8th Field Artillery Brigade AIF at Maribyrnong Victoria for duty. Ex Permanent Forces. on 1st April 1916. |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 7th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Terang, Victoria, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Moonee Ponds, Moonee Valley, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stock Agent |
| Died: | Natural Causes , Kensington, Victoria, Australia, 30 January 1930 |
| Cemetery: |
Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Imperial War Graves List registered with Repatriation Department. |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 19858, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , Allocated As Gunner/Driver to 30th Battery 8th Field Artillery Brigade AIF at Maribyrnong Victoria for duty. Ex Permanent Forces. on 1st April 1916. | |
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| 20 May 1916: | Involvement Driver, 19858, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 20 May 1916: | Embarked Driver, 19858, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Medic, Melbourne | |
| 11 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Taken on Strength of the Battery in the field France. | |
| 1 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 19858, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, "The Last Hundred Days", Thrown from Horse Landed on right shoulder / abscess scapula surgery ongoing till April 1919. | |
| 17 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 19858, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged 3MD Melbourne medically unfit Right shoulder surgery |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Pam Hamilton
Served in the Permanent Forces Driver Royal Australian Field Artillery for 1 year & 131 days, prior to enlistment.