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MCDONALD, Allan
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 764, V4787 |
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Enlisted: | 2 September 1914 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 17th (VIC) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
Born: | Condah, Victoria, Victoria, Australia, 4 October 1887 |
Home Town: | Leongatha, South Gippsland, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Coronary Occlusion, Framlingham, Victoria, Australia, 9 September 1967, aged 79 years |
Cemetery: |
Warrnambool Public Cemetery, Victoria Burial reference: - Plot WESLEYAN. Row 10. Grave 46. Personal inscription: - "FIGHTING GUNDITJMARA MAN". |
Memorials: | Wallacedale WW1 Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
2 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1 | |
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8 Feb 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 764, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Pera embarkation_ship_number: A4 public_note: '' | |
8 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 764, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Pera, Melbourne | |
23 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1 |
World War 2 Service
30 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V4787 | |
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31 Mar 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V4787, 17th (VIC) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Due to age and record of illegal absence, considered uneconomically viable to retrain at this point in war more suitable to being employed in the rural industry. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Dianne Black
Parents: - Alfred (Boppo) McDonald and Annie McKinnon Rich married Moyston, Victoria.
Wife: - Lucy Elizabeth Egan married 1920 in Victoria.