DRYSDALE, Donald William
| Service Number: | 248 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 4th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Yea, Victoria, Australia, 4 May 1882 |
| Home Town: | Yea, Murrindindi, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Yea Primary School |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Natural, Yea, Victoria, Australia, 28 September 1972, aged 90 years |
| Cemetery: |
Yea Public Cemetery Buried with his wife Jean Olive age 42 in 1928 and his son Donnie 1923 aged 3 years |
| Memorials: | Yea School No 699 Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Sergeant, 248, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Sergeant, 248, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 24 Nov 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 248, 20/08/1914- To 4th Light Horse Regiment as Private 24/11/1916- Discharged from Service ( Medically Unfit ) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Val Sparnaay
When Donald William DRYSDALE was born on 4 May 1882 in Yea, Victoria, his father, John, was 55 and his mother, Annie, was 28. He married Jean Olive Thompson in May 1919. They had four children during their marriage. He died on 28 September 1972 in his hometown at the age of 90.
Yea Chronicle (Yea, Vic. : 1891 - 1920),
Return to Yea
Thursday 6 April 1911
Mr Donald Drysdale has returned to Yea after a lengthy sojourn in Westralia. His return will be learned with pleasure by members of the local foot- ball club, and local troop A.L.H. both of which he was a popular member.
Yea Chronicle (Yea, Vic. : 1891 - 1920),
Marriage
May 1919 • Yea Presbyterian Church
A very pretty and popular military wedding took place in the Yea Presbyterian Church on the 30th April, the contracting parties being Miss Olive Jean Thomson, eldest daughter of Mr J. Thomson, of Western Australia, and Lieut. Donald W. Drysdale (an Anzac)
Yea Chronicle (Yea, Vic. : 1891 - 1920),
Death of Wife
18 Oct 1928 • Yea, Victoria, Australia
DRYSDALE (nee Nurse Thomson)-On the l8th October, at Rossmoor private hospital, Yea, Olive, wife of Lieutenant Donald Drysdale, Olivedale, Yea