CAMERON, Donald Leslie George
| Service Number: | 6259 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 May 1916, Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mangana, Tasmania, April 1893 |
| Home Town: | Mangana, Break O'Day, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Natural causes, Mangana, Tasmania, 26 September 1954 |
| Cemetery: |
Fingal General Cemetery, Tasmania |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 29 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6259, Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 24 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6259, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Botanist embarkation_ship_number: A59 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6259, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Botanist, Melbourne | |
| 3 May 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6259, 12th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...6259 Private Donald Leslie George Cameron, 12th Battalion from Mangana, Tasmania. A 23 year old miner prior to enlisting on 29 May 1916, he embarked for overseas with the 20th Reinforcements from Melbourne on 24 August 1916 aboard HMAT Botanist (A59). Following further training in England, he proceeded to France where he joined the 12th Battalion on 1 May 1917. Over the next five months he spent quite some time in hospital with influenza and bronchitis. In November 1917 Pte Cameron was transferred to England for medical treatment and then returned to Australia to be discharged on 3 May 1918 as medically unfit for further service..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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