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Alexander Stewart DONALDSON

Regimental number920
Place of birthParkside, South Australia
SchoolSt Raphaels (Catholic) School, Parkside, South Australia
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressBlackwood Road, South Bunbury, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs Margaret Donaldson, Blackwood Road, South Bunbury, Western Australia
Enlistment date16 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll13 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT Katuna on 24 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 30 September 1917
Place of death or woundingPolygon Wood, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death26
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
120
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
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Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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