MACDONALD, Lachlan
| Service Numbers: | 286, 4131 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glasgow, Scotland, January 1884 |
| Home Town: | Adamstown, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Wounds, 8th Stationary Hospital, Wimereux, France, 18 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais - Hauts-de-France Plot VI, Row D, Grave No. 34, Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Wimereux, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 286, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 286, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 286, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 21 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4131, 19th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, GSW chest and spine, dangerously ill DoW |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Private Lachlan Macdonald, 19th Battalion (Reg Nos-4131 & 286), miner or painter & decorator from "Glencoe House", Belmore Street, Adamstown, New South Wales, who Died of Wounds on the 18th October 1917, age 41 or 37.
Born at Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Scotland 1876 or 1880 or 1884 to Coll (died 9.2.1895, nothing located on Trove regarding death) and Annie or Anne or Ann (died 21.5.1927, age 78, as McDonald on cemetery database) MacDonald, Lachlan enlisted March 1915 with the 4th Field Company Australian Engineers (as MCDONALD) at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 30.4.1916 (not stated).
Younger brother Colin (Col, enlisted as McDONALD, 1st Australian Tunnelling Company, Reg No-5201, born 1885? died 1965) resting at the cemetery. GENERAL-28. 67.
Younger brother Donald (enlisted as McDONALD, 19th & 4th Battalions, Reg No-2881, born 1887? died 1968, Gosford, N.S.W.) also served 1st A.I.F.
Lachlan is resting at Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France. Plot 6 Row D Grave 34.
Mr. Macdonald’s name has been inscribed on the Adamstown Citizens' Memorial (photos, unveiled on the 17th December 1921, 233 names inscribed, 33 Fallen). Name not inscribed on the Adamstown Municipal District Roll of Honor. Name possibly inscribed on the Adamstown Masonic Lodge, Star in the West (No. 189) Roll of Honour.
There is no memorial inscription on the family gravesite plaque to tell us of the loss of their son during The Great War, so October 2021 I placed a Memorial cross adorned with poppies in remembrance of Lachlan’s supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Helen Lewis contacted me that she is in possession of the medal presented to Lachlan’s mother Anne, but unfortunately, I could not locate on Trove the date of presentation of this medal.
Helen is looking for a descendant to be the custodian of this unique memorabilia from The Great War.
Please let me know if you think you may qualify.
Lest We Forget.
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