Alexander Stewart DONALDSON

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DONALDSON, Alexander Stewart

Service Number:	920
Enlisted:	16 July 1915, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Parkside, South Australia, 10 June 1889
Home Town:	Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia
Schooling:	St Raphaels School, Parkside, South Australia
Occupation:	Carter
Died:	Chest Wounds, 17th Casualty Clearing Station, Belgium, 30 September 1917, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot XX1V, Row B, Grave 18A Rec. P.J. Kilduff officiated, Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bunbury Roll of Honour, Bunbury War Memorial

World War 1 Service

16 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 920, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 920, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 920, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
20 Jul 1916:	Wounded Private, 920, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), GSW (thigh)
26 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 920, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood
29 Sep 1917:	Wounded Private, 920, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, 2nd occasion

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Thomas Donaldson and Margaret Donaldson nee Fitzpatrick of Blackwood Road, Bunbury, WA formerly of South Australia

Brother of Jane Vilie Donaldson, Robert Bruce Donaldson, Ruby Donaldson, Clair Donaldson, Clement James Donaldson, Frederick George Donaldson, Allen Herbert Donaldson, Harry Norman Donaldson who died of wounds on 10 November 1916 while serving with the 28th Battalion and was buried in the Heilly Station Cemetery. Plot V, Row D, Grave 40; Stella Donaldson and Allan Osmond Donaldson

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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