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MCDONALD, Charles Parnell

Service Number:	2224
Enlisted:	16 September 1915
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	Doctors Creek, Victoria, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Lexton, Pyrenees, Victoria
Schooling:	Doctors Creek and Lexton, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Railway Shunter / Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916
Cemetery:	Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix Plot I, Row F, Grave No. 22
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

16 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2224, Depot Battalion
27 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2224, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
27 Sep 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2224, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 2224, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2224 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1916-07-19

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