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MACPHERSON, Donald Douglas West
Personal Details
Service Number: | 6850 |
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Enlisted: | 11 April 1917, Enlisted at Sydney |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 1895 |
Home Town: | Summer Hill, Ashfield, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Fort Street, Sydney |
Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 April 1918 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon, Sydney Commonwealth Bank of Australia Great War Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
11 Apr 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6850, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney | |
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16 Jul 1917: | Involvement Private, 6850, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
16 Jul 1917: | Embarked Private, 6850, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Sydney | |
23 Jan 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 35th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 19th Battalion to the 35th Battalion | |
3 Apr 1918: | Involvement Private, 6850, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6850 awm_unit: 35th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of Ronald Douglas MacPHERSON and Laura Emily (Emma) WEST of 26 Kensington Road, Summer Hill, NSW. who married in 1891 (registered in Bathurst, NSW)
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the Militia for 5 years