Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Conflict
- World War I (1914-1918)
- Date of Enlistment
- 09/01/1918
- Date of Discharge
- 04/07/1918
- Place of Enlistment
- Maryborough, Queensland
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Place of Birth
- Uriarra ACT
- Address (at enlistment)
- Maryborough, Queensland (previously Uriarra ACT)
- Occupation
- Timber getter
- Next of Kin
- Joseph Webb McDonald (father), Maryborough, Queensland
Unit and Rank Details
- Final Rank
- Private
- Final Unit
- Depot
Notes
McDonald was born at Uriarra though the family later moved to Queensland. He did not serve overseas. McDonald died in Queensland in 1968.
Description - height 5 feet 5 inches, weight 140 pounds, chest 34-37 inches, fair complexion, blue eyes, flaxen hair, Presbyterian, had a scar on his right cheek, and a scar on the calf of his left leg.
Sources
Peter Procter, 'Biographical Register of Canberra and Queanbeyan', Canberra, Heraldry and Genealogy Society of Canberra, 2001 (p.201)
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)
Queensland Births, Deaths & Marriages - https://www.qld.gov.au/law/births-deaths-marriages-and-divorces/family-history-research/