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Athol Oswald McDONALD

Regimental number2639
Place of birthAthelstone, South Australia
ReligionBaptist
OccupationBeekeeper
AddressWarunda via Port Lincoln, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 7"
Weight168 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jeanette McDonald, Warunda via Port Lincoln, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date4 February 1915
Place of enlistmentKeswick, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 23 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 4 November 1915
Discharge date26 April 1916
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2449 Lance Corporal Charles Cleland McDONALD, 27th Bn, killed in action, 3 October 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 31 July 1915.

Taken on strength, 10th Bn, 4 August 1915.

Admitted to 1st Field Ambulance, 4 September 1915 (influenza); transferred to 1st Casualty Clearing Station, 5 September 1915; transferred same day to HS 'Galeka', and transferred to Mudros, 9 September 1915; to No 2 Australian General Hospital, Cairo, 9 September 1915; to British Red Cross Convalescent Hospital, Montazah, 20 September 1915.

Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Karoola', 4 November 1915; arrived Melbourne, 4 December 1915 (rheumatic fever); discharged (medically unfit), Adelaide, 26 April 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death2 October 1958
Age at death60
Place of burialCentennial Park Cemetery (Section General B, Path 7, Site 458), Adelaide, South Australia
SourcesNAA: B2455, McDONALD Athol Oswald

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