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Leonard (Jack) DONALDSON Update Details

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DONALDSON, Leonard

Service Numbers:	2302, Q226811
Enlisted:	23 May 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Inverell, New South Wales, Australia, 9 March 1895
Home Town:	Inverell, Inverell, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Natural causes, Texas, Queensland, Australia, 8 September 1980, aged 85 years
Cemetery:	Texas Cemetery, Texas, Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

5 Apr 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2302, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: ''
5 Apr 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2302, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Sydney
13 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2302, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Leonard was wounded in action on the 13th Sept 1917 with a gunshot wound to the face, in which he survived.
24 May 1918:	Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), 2302, 5th Light Horse Regiment

World War 2 Service

23 May 1942:	Involvement Private, Q226811, Page missing from Enlistment Register
23 May 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q226811, 8th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
23 May 1942:	Enlisted
21 Oct 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q226811, 8th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
21 Oct 1945:	Discharged

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