Lachlan Leigh MCDONALD

MCDONALD, Lachlan Leigh

Service Number: 2710
Enlisted: 30 July 1915, Geelong, Vic.
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion
Born: Inverleigh, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town: Inverleigh, Golden Plains, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Butcher
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Inverleigh & District Residents Roll of Honor, Inverleigh Independent Order of Rechabites Pictorial Honour Roll, Inverleigh Parish of Inverleigh Honor Roll, Inverleigh Presbyterian Church Honor Roll, Inverleigh Presbyterian Church Volunteers Honor Roll, Inverleigh State School Roll of Honor, Inverleigh War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)
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World War 1 Service

30 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2710, 24th Infantry Battalion, Geelong, Vic.
27 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 2710, 24th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 2710, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
24 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Infantry Battalion, Egypt
29 Jun 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2710, 7th Infantry Battalion, Multiple SW to legs, arms and chest (severe) sustained near Ploegsteert. Evacuated to UK. Rejoined unit 10 May 1917.
20 Sep 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2710, 7th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road
4 Oct 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2710, 7th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge
4 Oct 1917: Involvement Private, 2710, 7th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2710 awm_unit: 7 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-04

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