Norman Frederick MCDONALD

MCDONALD, Norman Frederick

Service Number: 16042
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)
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World War 1 Service

26 Oct 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 16042, 25th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade
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

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Biography 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.