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MCDONALD, Norman Frederick
Personal Details
Service Number: | 16042 |
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Enlisted: | 26 October 1915 |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | 14th Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia, April 1886 |
Home Town: | Tamworth, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 31 August 1918 |
Cemetery: |
Assevillers New British Cemetery XI. B. 10 INSCRIPTION MAY HE REST IN PEACE IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT OTHERS ARE LIVING AS A RESULT OF HIS SACRIFICE , Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tamworth ANZAC Park Memorial Gates, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
26 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 16042, 25th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade | |
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13 May 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 16042, 25th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
13 May 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 16042, 25th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
31 Aug 1918: | Involvement Gunner, 16042, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 16042 awm_unit: 14 Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1918-08-31 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 32 and the son of George and Amy Margaret McDonald; husband of Evelyn M. McDonald, of Warrimoo, Valley Heights, New South Wales.
His grave has recently been found-he was previously commemorated as missing on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.