Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Conflict
- World War II (1939-1945)
- Date of Enlistment
- 13/12/1944
- Place of Enlistment
- Duntroon ACT
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Date of Birth
- 23/03/1925
- Place of Birth
- Geelong, Victoria
- Address (at enlistment)
- Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT
- Occupation
- Soldier
- Next of Kin
- A. McDonald
Unit and Rank Details
- Service Number
- 3392 (VX146956)
- Final Rank
- Major
- Final Unit
- British Commonwealth Occupation Force
Awards and Honours
Military Cross promulgated in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 1 November 1945.
Notes
McDonald entered the Royal Military College, Duntroon on 27 February 1943 and graduated on 12 December 1944. He enlisted in the AIF the following day as a Lieutenant and served in New Guinea. He was awarded the Military Cross for his "outstanding gallantry and leadership at Ulupu in New Guinea on 8 July 1945". He later served with the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan.
Sources
AWM Honours & Awards
WWII Nominal Roll http://www.ww2roll.gov.au
Colonel J.E. Lee, 'Duntroon: The Royal Military College of Australia 1911-1946', 1952