Donald CAMERON DSO and Bar, MID*

CAMERON, Donald

Service Number: 1069
Enlisted: 4 May 1915
Last Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Last Unit: 12th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Rouchel, New South Wales, Australia, 21 August 1887
Home Town: Scone, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales
Schooling: Rouchel Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Grazier
Died: Diabetes, Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia, 7 October 1950, aged 63 years
Cemetery: Rouchel Brook Cemetery, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales Australia
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899: Involvement Trooper, 1069, 1st Australian Horse
7 May 1900: Imprisoned Captured at Zand River in an ambush, escaped a few weeks later.

World War 1 Service

4 May 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, 12th Light Horse Regiment
13 Jun 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Major, 12th Light Horse Regiment
24 Apr 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 12th Light Horse Regiment
31 Oct 1917: Honoured Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations, Awarded for efforts in Battle of Beersheba.
3 Apr 1918: Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations
30 Sep 1918: Honoured Companion of the Distinguished Service Order and bar, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations, Awarded for operations that led to the capture of Damascus, specifically the Charge at Kaukab.
5 Mar 1919: Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations

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