MCDONALD, Eric Stewart
| Service Number: | 6353 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 October 1916, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Invercargill, New Zealand, 28 July 1896 |
| Home Town: | Darlinghurst, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | St. Leonard's Superior Public School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Memorials: | Sydney Morning Herald and Sydney Mail Record of War Service |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6353, 19th Infantry Battalion, Sydney, NSW | |
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| 11 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6353, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6353, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Eric was the youngest son of the late Mr. F.J. McDonald, at one time Mayor of Karori (New Zealand). He was born at Invercargill on July 28, 1899 and came to Australia with his parents in 1903. He was educated at St. Leonard's Superior Public School, and joined the reading staff of the Sydney Morning Herald in February 1916.
On October 30, 1916 he enlisted and was posted to reinforcements for the 2nd Battlaion, sailing from Australia in November. He was in action in the Ypres sector in the autumn of 1917, this embracing the battles of Polygon Wood, Broodseinde Ridge and Passchendaele, and later at Wytschaete and Hill 60. His unit was afterwards removed to the Somme sector, where it remained till the armistice was signed. Mc. Donald was a Signaller and was afterwards appointed Lance Corporal.
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