MACDONALD, Robert
| Service Number: | 4080 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 30 June 1895 |
| Home Town: | Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Geelong High School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | School Teacher |
| Died: | Died of Wounds, Belgium, 17 October 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 4080, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
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| 21 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 4080, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Melbourne | |
| 16 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 46th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Andreena Hockley
"Private Robert Macdonald, Machine Gun Section, D Company, 46th Batallion, who died of wounds in France on the 17th of October, 1917, was the son of Mr. Robert Macdonald, accountant, of 132 Yarra-street, Geelong.
Born in Ballarat on the 30th of June, 1895, he passed through the elementary school, and then, in the years 1914-15, attended the Geelong High School, where he became senior prefect.
He was successful at the Junior Public examination, and began his brief teaching career as a junior teacher at School 1090, Sorrento, on 30th May, 1916. He resigned in order to enlist, 31st July, and met his death after a little more than a year's military service.
He was the only remaining child of his parents, his brother, Lieutenant Neil Macdonald, one of the original Anzacs, having been killed in France.
Robert Macdonald was a young man of amiable and upright character, a teacher in the Sunday School, and a prominent member of the Band of Hope and the Young Men's Club."
Source: The Education Department's Record of War Service, Victoria, 1914-1919.
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