MACDONALD, James
| Service Number: | 2387 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dundee, Scotland, September 1885 |
| Home Town: | Cooks Hill, Newcastle West, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Coaltrimmer |
| Died: | Cooks Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 4 May 1936, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW PRESBYTERIAN-14NW. 47. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2387, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 2387, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 2387, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
| 6 Mar 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2387, 30th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, medically unfit (eye) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
A Forgotten Digger who served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
88 years ago today, on the Wednesday afternoon of the 6th May 1936, Private James Hutchinson Donald (aka MacDonald), 30th Battalion (Reg No-2387), coal trimmer from 129 Bull Street, Cooks Hill, Newcastle, New South Wales and 99 Railway Street, Cooks Hill, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 49?. PRESBYTERIAN-14NW. 47.
Referred to as Scotty McDonald and Macdonald.
Born at Dundee, Scotland about 1885 or 1887 to ? and ?; husband of Annie Donald (Macdonald) nee? (married?, died 19.8.1939?, Wickham, N.S.W., as MACDONALD), Scotty enlisted on the 21st September 1915 (as James MACDONALD) at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A67 Orsova on the 11th March 1916.
Admitted to hospital 25.4.1916 (dysentery), 11.7.1916 (cystitis, right eye), 29.5.1917 (dacryocystitis - infection of the tear sac (lacrimal sac) in the inner corner of your eye).
Granted furlough from the 22.9.1916 to the 13.10.1916.
Commenced return to Australia 10.9.1917.
Scotty arrived home on the 13th November 1917, being discharged medically unfit (ophthalmia - inflammation of the eye) on the 6th March 1918.
I have not located Mr. Donald’s name inscribed on any known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
Many thanks to Rita Kidd for the notification and information.
I erected a cross adorned with poppies April 2024 at Scotty’s unmarked gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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