Regimental number | 650 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Granya, Victoria |
School | Shepparton and Geelong State Schools, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Bank clerk |
Address | Geelong, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Next of kin | Hugh Macdonald, Geelong,, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Sergeant |
Unit name | 13th Battalion, F Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/30/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A38 Ulysses on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Captain |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 13th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Joined the Bank of New South Wales, Geelong branch, 11 August 1911. Transferred to Albury branch, May 1912; to Wodonga branch, February 1914. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
Place of burial | Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VIII, Row D, Grave No. 27), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 70 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Hugh and Grace MACDONALD, 215 Brunswick Road, West Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Killed (bullet through forehead) leading an attack on German 'Stormy Trench'. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | 'Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour' (Sydney, 1921), pp. 245-6. |