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DONALD, Horace Francis

Service Number:	1177
Enlisted:	14 September 1914
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Asuncion, Paraguay, 14 September 1894
Home Town:	Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	Glen Dhu State School, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Draper / Salesman
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 7 August 1915, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Launceston Cenotaph, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, South Launceston State School Pictorial Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

14 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1177, 15th Infantry Battalion
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1177, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT A40 Ceramic, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1177, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
29 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1177, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shrapnel wound right groin
7 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1177, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Thomas William and Annie Elizabeth Donald.