Harold John Kennedy DONALD

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DONALD, Harold John Kennedy

Service Number:	3932
Enlisted:	27 September 1915, Townsville, Qld.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Laura, Queensland, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Laura, Cook, Queensland
Schooling:	Cooktown State School, Toowoomba Grammar School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Surveyor
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 11 April 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 Honour Board, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 In Memoriam Honour Board, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial), Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

27 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3932, 15th Infantry Battalion, Townsville, Qld.
30 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3932, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
30 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3932, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Robert and Bessie DONALD, Laura, Queensland

Mr. Charles Donald, of the Townsville Railway Department, has received advice that his brother, Private Harold Donald, has been reported missing since April 11. Private Donald, who was a son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Donald, of Laura, via Cooktown, enlisted at Cairns about eighteen months ago and had seen a good deal of service in France. He went right through the battle of Pozieres, where another brother was wounded. Private Donald had just passed his final examination as a surveyor, a week before his enlistment.

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