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MCDONALD, George Leslie Valentine

Service Number:	6149
Enlisted:	8 November 1915
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	4th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Whyte Yarcowie South Australia, 14 February 1887
Home Town:	Whyte-Yarcowie, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Fremantle, Western Australia, 1 April 1964, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Wesleyan section IC grave 0749
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8 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1
20 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 6149, 4th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
20 Jan 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 6149, 4th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Runic, Sydney

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While on service in France , George was awarded the Military Medal. He, with three other Sappers repaired a damaged road which was was holding up the advancement of troops and supplies to the front lines.
While undertaking the repairs they came under heavy artillery fire with some twenty eight shells exploding within thirty yards of them.
George and his men remained there all day repairing the road as necessary, which allowed convoys to advance to the front unimpeded

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