MCINTOSH, Donald
| Service Number: | 2951 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ascot Vale, Victoria. Australia , April 1892 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Ascot Vale State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Groom |
| Died: | Influenza Pneumonia, Military Hospital, Fovant, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, 10 February 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Baverstock (St. Edith) Churchyard Baverstock (St Edith) Churchyard, Baverstock, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 29 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2951, 53rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 26 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2951, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2951, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 24 and the son of George and Eva Jennings McIntosh, of 9, Medley St., South Yarra, Victoria.
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 10th February........Private Donald McIntosh was born at Ascot Vale, Victoria in 1892. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 29th May, 1916 as a 24 year old Groom from Sydney, NSW.
Private McIntosh arrived in England on 28th December 1916 with the 7th Reinforcements of 53rd Battalion. He was posted to 14th Training Battalion, Camps 11 & 12 at Hurdcott, Wiltshire on 10 January 1917. He was admitted to Hospital on 17th January, 1917 with Influenza.
Private Donald McIntosh died at 8 a.m. on 10th February, 1917 from Pneumonia at Military Hospital, Fovant, Wiltshire. He was buried in the churchyard of St. Edith’s at Baverstock, Wiltshire where 28 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are buried.
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