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MCDONALD, Donald
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5959 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Laverton, Victoria, Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Laverton, Hobsons Bay, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Laverton Public School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Caretaker Explosives reserve post war |
| Died: | Heart attack , Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 1962 |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Altona Meadows Laverton Honour Roll, Altona Meadows Old Laverton School Honour Board, Werribee Shire Great War Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 5959, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
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| 2 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 5959, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sheryn McDonald
Donald McDonald enlisted for the war effort and was assigned to 23rd battalion. He was wounded at Ypres and Villiers Bretanaux .He was honourably discharged on 6 / 4 / 19.
He married his sweetheart Christina ,who had waited for him after the war in 1921. They went on to have a daughter Kathleen and a son , Donald .
Donald Snr was caretaker at the Altona Explosives Reserve where he and Christina raised their children & he remained caretaker until retirement in 1953.
They retired in Hawthorn where he passed in 1962.
They had four grandchildren.
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