MCLEOD, Donald
| Service Number: | 385 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 26 November 1869 |
| Home Town: | Warwick, Southern Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Warwick, Queensland, Australia, 11 August 1904, aged 34 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Warwick General Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 385, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 385, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 385, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Donald McLeod enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his mother Mrs. B. McLeod, Fitzroy St, Warwick.
Donald McLeod was born on 26 Nov 1869 in Queensland, a son to Angus McLeod and Bridget McLeod (nee Carroll). It appears he suffered ill health after his return from the war and passed in Aug 1904 at Warwick. His obituary was published in The Warwick Examiner, 13 Aug 1904, p. 7 and is transcribed below.
As a side note a fellow soldier in the 5th QIB, Priv. George William Brown S.N. 383, also gave Donald's mother as his N.O.K., however, the original nominal roll didn't record any kin relationship with her so it is assumed Donald and George were friends.
Obituary- Donald McLeod, The Warwick Examiner, 13 Aug 1904, p. 7.
Mr. Donald McLeod, eldest son of Mrs. McLeod, of Fitzroy-street, died on Thursday afternoon. Deceased had been ailing for some time, and there was no hope from the start of his recovery. The late Mr. McLeod served in one of the Bushmen's Contingents in South Africa.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 501; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Pybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 52; newspaper artilces- see links).
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