Robert Alexander DONALDSON

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DONALDSON, Robert Alexander

Service Number:	SX1645
Enlisted:	24 December 1939, Port Pirie, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/1st Base Workshop
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 1 July 1916
Home Town:	Whyalla (Formerly Hummock's Hill), Whyalla, South Australia
Schooling:	Port Pirie West Public and High Schools
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Port Pirie, South Australia , 17 March 1985, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Port Pirie General Cemetery, South Australia
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World War 2 Service

24 Dec 1939:	Involvement Craftsman, SX1645, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
24 Dec 1939:	Enlisted Port Pirie, SA
24 Dec 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX1645
20 Sep 1945:	Discharged
20 Sep 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX1645, 2nd/1st Base Workshop

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Mr and Mrs James Milroy DONALDSON OF 16 Oliver Street, Solomontown, SA. Educated at Port Pirie West Public and High Schools he was interested in and played lacrosse and tennis, and was also a champion swimmer receiving serveral medals for life-saving. In civil life he was employed in the B.H. Pty. at Whyalla. He enlsited in January 1940 and has been in action in England the Middle East and Tobruk.

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