MACINNES, Donald Kenneth
| Service Number: | 266 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 1883 |
| Home Town: | Goulburn, Goulburn Mulwaree, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 1947, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 266, 9th Machine Gun Company | |
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| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 266, 9th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 266, 9th Machine Gun Company, RMS Orontes, Melbourne |
Donal M(a)cInnes
Donald and his brother Reginald both enlisted on January 18th, 1916, and were both assigned to the 9th Machine Gun Company of the 3rd Battalion.
They joined their unit in France in November 1916.
On June 1st, 1917, while their unit was actively engaged with the enemy near the village of Ploegsteert Donald was injured in an explosion in an ammunition dump.
He suffered from significant bruising to his left shoulder and back and a concussion. he was pinned under debris for some time and experienced paralysis in his legs for 2 days.
He was eventually evacuated to England and continued to have respiratory issues and was evacuated from England on December 25th, 1918 as he had ongoing laryngitis.
He arrived in Sydney on February 11th, 1919, six months after his brother. He lived in Sydney and enlisted in the CMF in World War 2 and died in 1947.
Submitted 29 December 2023 by Maree Woods