Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

World War I (1914-1918)

Date of Enlistment

13/06/1917

Date of Discharge

29/11/1919

Place of Enlistment

Sydney NSW

Gender

Male

Other Name(s)

Also spelt as 'MacNicol'

Place of Birth

Port Appin, Scotland

Address (at enlistment)

Stanmore NSW (previously Duntroon ACT)

Occupation

Farrier

Next of Kin

Jessie McNicol (mother), Stanmore NSW

Service Number

20274

Final Rank

Farrier

Final Unit

1 Division Headquarters AIF

Donald McNicol was a Scotsman and the younger brother of Angus McNicol. He was employed as a farrier at the Royal Military College from May 1916 and enlisted on 13 June 1917 in Sydney with the 3rd Field Company Engineers. He arrived in England in February 1918, spent a short time in hospital and arrived in France in August 1918 where he joined the 2nd Field Company Engineers. He was transferred to 1st Division Headquarters in December and promoted to Farrier. McNicol returned to Australia in October 1919 and was discharged on 29 November 1919. He continued to work at RMC until January 1923.

Description - height 5 feet 7 inches, weight 150 pounds, chest 35-38½ inches, dark complexion, brown eyes, brown hair, Presbyterian.

Ross Howarth, 'Civilians employed at the Royal Military College of Australia, Duntroon, from 1911 to 1931', RMC Duntroon, November 2000
ACT Electoral Rolls 1916 to 1967 http://canberraheritageportal.org/default.php
Queanbeyan Age - 20 April 1920
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)