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MACDONALD, David George
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1976 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 44th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 26 December 1879 |
| Home Town: | Boulder, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Boilermaker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 10 July 1917, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
Messines Ridge British Cemetery Plot I, Row F, Grave No. 18, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Messines, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boulder Roll of Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1976, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 18 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 1976, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 1976, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Seang Bee, Fremantle | |
| 10 Jul 1917: | Involvement Private, 1976, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1976 awm_unit: 44th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-07-10 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His younger brother, 1975 Private Donald Gilmour MacDonald 44th Battalion AIF, was killed in action six days later on 16 July 1917 age 31. Both men enlisted from Boulder, Kalgoorlie, WA.
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