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MCDONALD, Reuben Donald Stanley
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1391 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 December 1914, Oaklands, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lyndoch, South Australia, 8 November 1891 |
| Home Town: | Kadina, Copper Coast, South Australia |
| Schooling: | State School |
| Occupation: | Letter-carrier |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 20 August 1916, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide Officers of S.A. Post, Telegraph and Telephone Department Great War Roll of Honor, Adelaide Postmaster General's Department WWI Honour Board , Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kadina & District WW1 Roll of Honor, Kadina Town Hall WW1 & WW2 Roll of Honour, Kadina War Memorial Arch, Lyndoch Cross of Remembrance WW1 Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Oaklands, South Australia | |
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| 2 Feb 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1391, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1391, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne |
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"THE LATE PRIVATE R.W.S. McDONALD
Mrs. H. McDonald, of Draper-street, Kadina, has been notified that her son, Private R. W. S. McDonald, was killed in action in France on August 20. He left for the front on February 1, 1915. He had been through several actions. He was wounded on August 14, 1915, but returned to duty a few weeks later. He was the third son of the late Harry McDonald, of Lyndoch and was 24 years of age. Private McDonald joined the Post-Office staff about 10 years ago." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 28 Oct 1916 (nla.gov.au)
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