MCDONALD, David
| Service Numbers: | 1804, 1804A |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Castletown, Thurso, Caithness, Scotland., date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Draper |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 11 August 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Dec 1915: | Involvement 1804, 30th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
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| 17 Dec 1915: | Embarked 1804, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 11 Aug 1916: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 1804A, 13th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1804A awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-08-11 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
13th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
He was 34 and the son of Donald and Jane McDonald, of 58, Dundas St., Glasgow, Scotland.
He is one of two Australian casualties of the Great War remembered on the Thurso War Memorial.
Thurso (pronounced /ˈθɜːrsoʊ/; Scots: Thursa, Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Theòrsa [ˈiɲɪɾʲ ˈhjɔːrˠs̪ə]) is a town and former burgh on the north coast of the Highland council area of Scotland. Situated in the historical area of Caithness, it is the northernmost town on the British mainland.
From 'The Scotsman' - Saturday, 2nd September 1922, page 10
In presence of a large gathering, Sir Archibald H. MrSinclair, Bart, of Ulbster, Lord-Lieutenant of Caithness, unveiled the war memorial at Thurso yesterday. Ex-Provost Mackay, chairman of tho Committee, presided, and accompanying him to the platform were Sir Archibald and Lady Sinclair, Colonel Keith Murray, Convener of Caithness; Major William M. Brims, Provost of Thurso; and Mr David Coghill, chairman of the Parish Council.
Sir Archibald Sinclair paid a high tribute to the gallantry of the North in the Great war, and urged that the victory won by the sacrifices of the manhood of the country should not be allowed to pass, but that on that victory should be built a better world for all men to live in.
The memorial in design and execution was the work of Mr Percy Portsmouth, A-R-S.A., Edinburgh.
It takes the form of a bronze group placed on a stone pedestal of exquisite colour and texture. Bronze tablets on three sides bear the names of the fallen, whilst the front contains the inscription. The crowning feature of the memorial consists of a group in bronze representing Peace and Victory. Sir John's Square, Thurso,Scotland.
His brother, Donald, aged 39, also fell whist serving with British forces, 1st/7th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)- Service Number 265813- Died 30/11/1917
Interred RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY- Grave Q. 11.
INSCRIPTION
GOD HAVING PROVIDED SOME BETTER THINGS FOR HIM HEB.11.40
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