George Leslie Valentine (Da) MCDONALD MM

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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    World War 1 Service

    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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    Biography

    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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