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Hector Leslie McDONALD

Regimental number1972
Place of birthWarrnambool Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressPine Lodge, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinSister, Miss Flora McDonald, Queenscliff Hotel, Queenscliff, Victoria
Enlistment date29 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name57th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/74/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A31 Ajana on 8 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll57th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 27 September 1917
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialPoelcapelle British Cemetery (Plot LIII, Row F, Grave No. 15), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
164
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Shepparton Cemetery, Victoria. Parents: Alexander (d. 26 June 1902, aged 52; bu. Shepparton) and Rosanna (d. 25 September 1906, aged 44; bu. Shepparton) McDONALD
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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