Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

World War I (1914-1918)

Date of Enlistment

08/02/1916

Date of Discharge

29/07/1916

Place of Enlistment

Melbourne, Victoria

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

10/03/1894

Address (at enlistment)

East Melbourne, Victoria (previously Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT)

Occupation

Soldier

Next of Kin

Joseph Donald (father), East Melbourne, Victoria

Final Rank

Lieutenant

Final Unit

Depot

Donald entered the Royal Military College, Duntroon in the third intake in 1912 and he was a member of the guard of honour at the Canberra naming ceremony on 12 March 1913. He was discharged from RMC in December 1913 because of unsatisfactory progress with his studies. He enlisted in February 1916 but applied for a discharge in July 1916 after his father died leaving his three young brothers orphaned. He served in World War 2 and retired on 28 June 1944.

Description - height 5 feet 10½ inches, weight 148 pounds, 34-37 inches, fresh complexion, hazel eyes, brown hair, Catholic, two scars on both knees, birth mark on back.

Colonel J.E. Lee, 'Duntroon: The Royal Military College of Australia 1911-1946', 1952
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)
Stories from the ACT Memorial, 'The Honour Guard at the Canberra Commencement Ceremony', ACT Heritage Library www.library.act.gov.au/find/history/stories_from_the_act_memorial