Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

World War I (1914-1918)

Date of Enlistment

01/01/1916

Place of Enlistment

Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

01/02/1880

Place of Birth

Waverley Station, Broadsound, Queensland

Address (at enlistment)

Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT

Occupation

Soldier

Final Rank

Lieutenant Colonel

Final Unit

3 Field Artillery Brigade AIF

Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Distinguished Service Order
Mentioned in Despatches

Macartney joined the Queensland Garrison Artillery in 1900 and then the Royal Australian Artillery in 1901. He married Alexandrina Vans Zichy-Woinarski on 18 December 1912 but they had no children. He was attached to the Royal Military College, Duntroon in February 1911 and became Instructor of Drill in December 1912, a position he held until August 1916. He was a parishioner at St. John's in Reid where he served on the parish council as secretary, treasurer and as a churchwarden. In September 1915 he led the military escort for the funeral procession of Sir William Throsby Bridges from St. John's to Mt. Pleasant. Macartney served in artillery units during World War 1, firstly as Commanding Officer of the 15th Battery, 5th Field Artillery Brigade (part of the 2nd Division of the AIF). In October 1916 Macartney became Commanding officer of the 7th Field Artillery Brigade (part of the 3rd Division) who he led through 1917. After filling a staff role through most of 1918 he was in command of the 3rd Field Artillery Brigade when the war ended. In January 1919 he commanded the 3rd Division Artillery before returning to Australia and becoming the Director of Drill at RMC. He retired to his property near Kentucky NSW and died in a car crash near Brisbane on 24 October 1932. He is buried in Toowong Cemetery in Brisbane.

Alfred Body, 'Firm Still You Stand', 1986 (pp.334-336)
Colonel J.E. Lee, 'Duntroon: The Royal Military College of Australia 1911-1946', 1952
Australian Dictionary of Biography online
www.adb.anu.edu.au/biography/macartney-henry-dundas-7291/text12645, accessed online 23 April 2014
AWM collections record : H19208
Queanbeyan Age - 4 August 1914
Queanbeyan Observer - 6 September 1915