Allan MCDONALD

MCDONALD, Allan

Service Numbers: 764, V4787
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
Show Relationships

World War 1 Service

2 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1
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
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.

Help us honour Allan McDonald's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by Dianne Black

Parents: - Alfred (Boppo) McDonald  and Annie McKinnon Rich married Moyston, Victoria.

Wife: - Lucy Elizabeth Egan married 1920 in Victoria.