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MCDONALD, Eric Leslie
Personal Details
Service Number: | NX205402 |
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Enlisted: | 21 December 1944 |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 2/1 Guard Regiment |
Born: | Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia, 27 September 1925 |
Home Town: | Kempsey, Kempsey, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Intermediate Certificate / Diploma, Hawkesbury Agricultural College |
Occupation: | Agricultural Student |
Died: | Suicide, New Guinea, 2 January 1946, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot KK. Row D. Grave 15. Personal Inscription ~ "TILL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lance Corporal, NX205402 | |
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21 Dec 1944: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, NX205402 | |
9 Sep 1945: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, 2/1 Guard Regiment | |
Date unknown: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, NX205402 |
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