MCHATTIE, Donald Gordon
| Service Number: | Officer |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 10 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Divisional Train |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 19 August 1892 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Accountant |
| Died: | Wounds, Kandahar Advanced Dressing Station, Messines, Belgium, 17 July 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 37 |
| Memorials: | Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Newcastle (Gardner Memorial) War Memorial, Newcastle East Roll of Honour, Newcastle Masonic Lodge Harmony U.G.L. No 15 Roll of Honour, Newcastle Surf Club Life Saving Brigade Honor Roll, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Aug 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Divisional Train | |
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| 10 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, 3rd Divisional Train | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement 1st Divisional Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked 1st Divisional Train, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
| 1 Feb 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Divisional Train | |
| 5 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Divisional Train, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW leg, slight | |
| 30 Jun 1915: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches | |
| 1 May 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 3rd Divisional Train | |
| 30 May 1916: | Embarked Captain, 3rd Divisional Train, HMAT Persic, Sydney | |
| 30 May 1916: | Involvement Captain, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 30 May 1916: | Involvement Captain, 3rd Divisional Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: Date of embarkation incorrectly recorded as 3 May 1916 on original roll. | |
| 30 May 1916: | Embarked Captain, HMAT Persic, Sydney | |
| 17 Jul 1917: | Involvement Captain, 3rd Divisional Train, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 3rd Australian Divisional Train awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1917-07-17 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Peter Rankin
Donald was a Gallipoli veteran.
Son of James Cameron McHattie and Frances McHattie, of 4, Hunter St., Newcastle, New South Wales.
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
An Original Anzac memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
105 years ago today, on the 17th July 1917, Captain Donald Gordon McHattie, Commanding Officer, 24th & 869th Company, 3rd Australian Divisional Train, clerk (accountant - Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company), of "Alvah", 4 Hunter Street, Newcastle, New South Wales, Died of Wounds at Messines, Belgium, age 24 years, 11 months (also reported Killed in Action).
Born at Newcastle, New South Wales on the 19th August 1892 (as MACHATTIE) to James Cameron (Senior Detective, died 29.12.1927) and Fanny (Fannie, Frances, died 30.9.1925) McHattie nee Suthill. Don enlisted August 1914 with the 1st Australian Divisional Train at Sydney, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 7.5.1915 (leg, slight).
Admitted to hospital 13.8.1815 (typhoid).
Returned to Australia on the 26th November 1915 (enteric fever).
Don is resting at Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Neuve-Eglise, Belgium. Plot II Row C Grave 37. Photos courtesy of Eddy Lin.
Mr. McHattie’s name has been inscribed on the Gardner Memorial, St. Phillip's Presbyterian Church (Newcastle) Roll of Honour, St. Phillip's Presbyterian Church (Newcastle) Memorial Tablets, Newcastle East Public School Roll of Honour, Newcastle Collegiate School Roll of Honour, Newcastle Surf Club & Life-Saving Brigade Honor Roll (photos, unveiled on the 14th July 1918, 176 names originally inscribed, 16 Fallen, 194 names now inscribed, 24 Fallen), Newcastle Masonic Lodge-Harmony (15) Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills - World War 1 Memorial - William Thompson Masonic Schools and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
Twice Mentioned in Despatches.
Captain of the Newcastle Surf Club.
I have placed poppies at the family gravesite in remembrance of Don’s service and supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country. PRESBYTERIAN-1SW. 29.
Younger brother Wallace John (30th Battalion & 3rd Australian Divisional Train, Reg No-476, born 1896, Newcastle, N.S.W., died 30.3.1977, district unknown) also served 1st A.I.F.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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